cote

noun

Definition of cotenext
as in dovecote

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  1. dovecote
  2. kraal
  3. henhouse
  4. stockade
  5. sheepfold
  6. fold
  7. cage
Noun
  • At the very top of the house, in a former dovecote with oxeye windows, there’s now a yoga studio and a roof deck with a hair-raising view of the river valley.
    Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
  • Surrounded by redwood trees, the half-timbered home has multiple rooflines and gables, three stand-alone dovecotes that look like little towers, and a fence of irregularly curving bricks.
    Erika Mailman, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2023
Definition of dovecote
Noun
  • In fact, by 1978, black children could be shot on sight for leaving their family's kraal, or homestead.
    Alexandra Fuller, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Inspired by a traditional kraal (village) and surrounded by four savannahs, the lodge is home to 30 wildlife species — zebras, giraffes, flamingos, and gazelles — some of which can be spotted wandering past room windows.
    Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
Definition of kraal
Noun
  • Kids create their own chicken henhouse and care for their chicken figurines and eggs using 101 pieces.
    Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Some have compared the idea of doctors setting their own payscale to the proverbial fox guarding the henhouse.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of henhouse
Noun
  • The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress, but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Buildings that were part of the stockade were then dismantled, and the wood planks were reused to build homes located throughout Marietta.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
Definition of stockade
Noun
  • On the day of the rettir, hundreds of sheep are released into a central wooden sheepfold that’s surrounded by marked compartments—one belonging to each local farmer—that jut out from the inner circle like rays of the sun.
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2022
  • This tidy residence in the western Swiss village of Etoy was built in 1830 as a sheepfold.
    Lauren Beale, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
Definition of sheepfold
Noun
  • Image The two Gulf powers were pivotal players in bringing Mr. al-Assad back into the Arab fold after a decade of isolation.
    Ismaeel Naar, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • At In Good Taste The Pedro Strapless Long Top features a straight across fold over neck line and fit n flare silhouette!
    In Good Taste, refinery29.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of fold
Noun
  • Two years ago the Supreme Court took up a case involving the California law banning sales of pork from pigs raised in tight cages.
    William Baldwin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Suet blocks are usually put in simple square cages and hung from trees or posts.
    George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of cage
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