eyrie en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (UK) audio
- /ˈaɪ.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɛ.ɹi/ (General-American)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈɪ.ɹi/ (General-American)
- /ˈaɪ.ɹi/ (General-American)
- /ˈɛː.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɪə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English eire, aire, from Old French aire or Medieval Latin aeria. Old French aire, in the sense of an eagle's nest, may have derived from Latin ager, or may less likely be related to the other senses, ultimately from Latin ārea.
Meanings
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(UK) The nest of a bird of prey.
The methods employed to ascend to the nest of a bird of prey depend, in each instance, upon its site. If the nest is in a tree, a man can climb up and, having put the young ones in a basket, carry them home. If, however, the eyrie is built in the fissure of a lofty rock, a man is secured to the end of a rope and descends or is lowered from the rim of the mountain or cliff to the level of the hollow in which the eyrie is built and, entering, lifts the bird from the nest.
1943, Casey A. Wood, F. Marjorie Fyfe, “How to reach the eyrie”, in The Art of Falconry, volume 2, translation of original by Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, →ISBN, page 129:
- (UK) Any high and remote but commanding place.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| eyries | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| aery | alternative, dated | lexicographic | |
| ayrie | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| aiery | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| eyry | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| aerie | US, alternative | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
Translations (32)
da ørnerede (any high and remote but commanding place) · fi petolinnun pesä (bird of prey's nest) · de Adlerhorst (any high and remote but commanding place) · cs orlí hnízdo (bird of prey's nest) · ru гнездо́ хи́щной пти́цы (bird of prey's nest) · ga crannóg (any high and remote but commanding place) · de Adlernest (any high and remote but commanding place) · fr aire (bird of prey's nest) · mk орловско гнездо (bird of prey's nest) · cmn 鷹巢 /鹰巢 (bird of prey's nest) · fi kotkanpesä (any high and remote but commanding place) · sh orlovo gnijezdo (bird of prey's nest) · de Horst (bird of prey's nest) · da ørnerede (bird of prey's nest) · ja 高所にある家 (any high and remote but commanding place) · fr nid d'aigle (bird of prey's nest) · cs hnízdo dravce (bird of prey's nest) · uk гніздо хижого птаха (bird of prey's nest) · sh orlovo gnezdo (bird of prey's nest) · hy գիշատիչ թռչնի բույն (bird of prey's nest) · sv rovfågelsnäste (bird of prey's nest) · fi kotkanpesä (bird of prey's nest) · sv örnnäste (any high and remote but commanding place) · ga soipín iolair (bird of prey's nest) · hy արծվաբույն (bird of prey's nest) · pl orle gniazdo (bird of prey's nest) · ga nead iolair (bird of prey's nest) · da rovfuglerede (bird of prey's nest) · nl roofvogelnest (bird of prey's nest) · bg орло́во гнездо́ (bird of prey's nest) · ru орли́ное гнездо́ (bird of prey's nest) · nl horst (bird of prey's nest)