English Dictionary

dovecote

/ˈdʌvkɒt/

noun

A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.

I saw a beautiful dovecote in the garden.

意味（1）

A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, 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.

意味（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.