hennery

American  

[hen-uh-ree] / ˈhɛn ə ri /

noun

henneries plural

1. a place where poultry is kept or raised.

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hennery British  

/ ˈhɛnərɪ /

noun

1. a place or farm for keeping poultry

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• henneries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of hennery

First recorded in 1855–60; hen + -ery

Example Sentences

If the agency quit, egg prices would sag to 15 or 20 cents, putting many a hennery out of business.

From Time Magazine Archive

He proposed to capture a number of the fowls, bring them to Haven Glade, and there establish a hennery.

From The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Waterloo, Stanley

Since the fowls must have gravel and water, it was decided that the hennery should extend a little into the creek, and close beside its sloping bank the structure was erected.

From The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Waterloo, Stanley

There was the big dog leaping savagely toward the low eaves of the hennery.

From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Hill, Grace Brooks

The madam, with this little attendant, was everywhere—in the barn, in the hennery, in the smokehouse—and she always made trouble with the servants wherever she went.

From Thirty Years a Slave by Hughes, Louis