cattery
Americannoun
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catteries
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of cattery
First recorded in 1785–95; cat ( def. ) + -ery
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A video tour of the sanctuary posted in 2023 showed horses grazing and galloping across a vast expanse of the 40-acre property in Julian and a cattery where felines lounged in cat condos.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026
Alistair McColm, who runs the kennels and cattery, previously told the BBC his staff often received abuse from motorists over delays caused by the roadworks.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
They finally caught him and he was kept in a packing box in the office and fed turkey steak until he was taken to a local cattery to prevent further escape.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2013
"Wellies and wallies," he called it, and then there were the caterwauling bagpipes: "These Games have sounded like carving-knife time in an Isle of Man cattery."
From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2013
"Preserve me from any cattery in the Hills!" she said.
From The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
Few catteries provide their owners with livable incomes.
From Time Magazine Archive
It aims also to establish straightforward and honest dealings among the catteries and to do away with the humbuggery which prevails in some quarters about the sales and valuation of high-bred cats.
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Helen M. Winslow
It is at Kepwick Park that Mrs. McLaren Morrison has her celebrated "catteries."
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Helen M. Winslow
My catteries were established in 1890, and at one time I had as many as 150 cats and kittens.
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Helen M. Winslow
The numberless kittens sporting all day long are worthy of the art of Madame Henriette Ronner, and one could linger for hours in these delightful and most comfortable catteries watching their gambols.
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Helen M. Winslow
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