dovecote
dovecote
Definition
dove·cote (duv′kōt′, -kät′)
dovecote
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- build: For primary sources, see under the type of building the dovecote belonged to.
- include: The mill house stands close by along with several outbuildings including a large dovecote.
- have: The Bishop of Hereford had a dovecote on his manor in Ross which brought him 5 s a year in rent.
- see: You'll see the 15th century dovecote and Victorian Summerhouse.
- work: The Walled Garden has been restored and features a series of potager gardens, a working dovecote and the National Collection of Colchicums.
Preposition: in
- state: Hexagonal shaped dovecote in a fair state of preservation, interior is circular with nesting boxes all round and reaching to roof height.
Adjective modifier
- medieval: Cross the stile and bear diagonally left across the field - keeping to the right of the excavated medieval dovecote.
- large: The mill house stands close by along with several outbuildings including a large dovecote.
- old: The Coach House: A converted old barn, stands next to the quaint old stone dovecote.
- circular: Circular dovecotes remained the norm, but brick dovecotes were built in all shapes and sizes and many polygonal dovecotes survive.
- early: Brick was in some cases used to disguise earlier dovecotes built of local material.
- octagonal: Alongside the old White Lion stands a 17th century octagonal dovecote.
Modifies a noun
- tower: The later castle at Westenhanger has a dovecote tower, restored in recent years.
- cottage: The Property: Dovecote Cottage A delightfully different semi-detached stone built cottage, in a rural position, on the outskirts of Coldstream.
Noun used with modifier
