dovecote en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From dove + cote.
Meanings
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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] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vi], page 30:she could see the malt-house with its dovecote
2003, Peter Ackroyd, The Clerkenwell Tales, page 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dovecotes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| dovecot | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
flutter in the dovecote · flutter the dovecote
Relateds
Synonyms
columbarium · pigeon loft · doocot · dovehouse
Translations (45)
sv duvslag (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · sk holubník (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · hy աղավնոց (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · ca colomar (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · de Taubenschlag (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · ro porumbar (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · ru голубя́тня (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · tl bahay-kalapati (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · gl pombal (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · ast palombar (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · la columbārium (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · rsk голубарнїк (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · hy աղավնատուն (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · fr colombier (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · nci huīlōcalli (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · rsk голубнїк (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · eo kolombejo (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · grc περιστερεών (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · pt pombal (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · et tuvila (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · hu galambdúc (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · nl duiventil (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · cs holubník (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · tr güvercinlik (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · vo pejilitöp (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · de Taubenkobel (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · lt karvelidė (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · nl duivenkot (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · vo pijunöp (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · ur کبوتر خانہ (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · eu usategi (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · pl gołębnik (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · nrf colombyi (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · mk гулабарник (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · sh golubarnik (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · ga colmlann (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · fi kyyhkyslakka (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · ota گوگرجینلك (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · da dueslag (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · el περιστερώνας (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · cmn 鴿棚 /鸽棚 (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · ro porumbărie (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · it colombaia (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · de Taubenhaus (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed) · es palomar (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed)