August 19, 2007
dovecote
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DEFINITION: (noun) A compartmental structure, often raised on a pole, for housing domesticated pigeons.
SYNONYMS: columbary.
USAGE: They were not allowed to keep doves themselves, and when the swarms from my lord's dovecote settled on their crops they must not lose their temper and kill a bird.
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