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- noun Scotland
dovecote
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Examples
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Beyond it was what Jamie referred to as "the doocot"; or so I assumed, from the assorted pigeons that were fluttering in and out of the pierced-work opening at the top of the building.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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For doos, there's the doocot; there will be poultry amang the tenants, though Luckie Chirnside says she has paid the kain twice ower.
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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For doos, there’s the doocot; there will be poultry amang the tenants, though Luckie Chirnside says she has paid the kain twice ower.
hernesheir commented on the word doocot
(n): Scottish term for dovecote, a building, structure, or group of structures for the housing of doves or pigeons. Nesting birds therein and their eggs were formerly used as an historical food source in many cultures.
cf: columbarium, Columba, pigeonhole.
January 11, 2009