hennery

American  

[hen-uh-ree] / ˈhɛn ə ri /

noun

plural

henneries

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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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

A quail is but an inferior chicken—a poor relation outside the exclusive hennery.

From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)

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

The only thing they need is an incubator, to keep up their hennery department an' supply their captains with the yellow legs of the land.

From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by Moore, John Trotwood

Whoever had ventured into the hennery had gotten into hot quarters and no mistake!

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