eyrie
noun
eyries
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pluralof eyrie.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And while most of the California coast was sprouting pink motels, filling stations, and the cantilevered eyries of the rich, this stretch of Monterey County kept its rugged beauty.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their nests, which have received the name of eyries, are not yet masterpieces of architecture, and reveal the beginning of the industry which is pushed so far by other birds.
From The Industries of Animals by Frédéric Houssay
Standing in the lake and along its shores are numbers of dead trees, the remains of an ancient forest, which serve as eyries for storks, herons and eagles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
This manor was at the Conquest “all forest and waste ground,” and was enclosed by one Ughtred, who held of the King “for keeping the eyries of hawks which bred in the Forest of Inglewood.”
From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Daniel Scott
They might have to contemplate the devastation of their fields, and their farms burning, from their eyries, but they knew that their persons were safe.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
