Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A large bird-cage or inclosure in which the birds have room to fly.
  • noun The birds confined in such an inclosure; a flight or flock of birds.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare A flight of birds.
  • noun A large bird cage; an aviary.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A flock of birds.
  • noun An aviary.

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Examples

  • The velocipede volery sent up a choking cloud of dust.

    Fairyland Chapter Ten! yuki_onna 2009

  • And an old boy, at his first appearance, with all the gravity of his ivy-bush about him, is sure to draw on him the eyes and chirping of the whole town volery; amongst which there will not be wanting some birds of prey, that will presently be on the wing for him.

    Some Thoughts Concerning Education. Sections 91-100 1909

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  • Our laughter when humor is light

    May soar like the swallows at night

    But cynical drollery

    Can conjure a volery

    Where fluttering never takes flight.

    October 16, 2016

  • A place where aircraft are repaired.

    March 22, 2017