单词 | pigeonnier |
释义 | pigeonniern. Chiefly in France and French-speaking regions: a pigeon house, a dovecote. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping or breeding pigeons > dovecote culver-house1340 dovehouse14.. columbairec1420 dovecotec1425 pigeon house1442 columbary1549 louvre1579 loft1735 pigeonry1840 pigeonnier1880 1880 Harper's Mag. Nov. 820 A huge pigeonnier, so large as to suggest that it must have helped the income of the Rabelais family considerably. 1942 H. MacInnes Assignment in Brittany viii. 69 He worked where he could have a clear view of the path which led from the farm past the round-towered pigeonnier, past the Pinot lands. 1977 Times 17 Sept. 7/1 A collapsing farmhouse without water or electricity—but with a pigeonnier, butterflies and magnificent views over the mangy, wooded hills. 2002 Church Times 25 Jan. 22/2 They offer accommodation in either a cottage or an adjacent pigeonnier. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1880 |
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