Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dovecote"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dovecot \Dove"cot`\, Dovecote \Dove"cote`\, n.
A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above
the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic
pigeons breed; a dove house.
Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians
in Corioli. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dovecote
n : a shelter for birds (especially pigeons) [syn: {birdhouse},
{columbarium}]
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