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dovecotes

dovecotes is the plural of dovecote.

Meaning of dovecote

Noun

dovecote (plural dovecotes)

  1. A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
    • If you haue writ your Annales true, 'tis there, / That like an Eagle in a Doue-cote, I / Flutter'd your Volcians in Corioles.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (historical) In medieval Europe, a round or square structure of stone or wood, free-standing or built into a tower, in which pigeons were kept.

Phrases with dovecotes

Questions about dovecotes

What is dovecotes the plural of?
Dovecotes is the plural of dovecote.

Words near dovecotes in the dictionary

  1. dove-tailed
  2. dove-tailing
  3. dove-tails
  4. dovecot
  5. dovecote
  6. dovecotes
  7. dovecots
  8. Dovedale
  9. dovehouse
  10. dovehouses
  11. doveish

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