dovecote

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Recent Examples of dovecote 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 Overlooking the Dordogne valley in southwestern France, this 19th century chateau sits on 52 acres of woodlands and meadows with stables, a covered riding school and a dovecote. Lauren Beale, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021 The exemplary property comprises a main house with eight bedrooms, five additional cottages with their own gardens, a 17th-century dovecote and farming and equestrian facilities—all set against the pastoral landscape of the Cotswolds. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2022 The château was listed as a Historic Monument in 1927 and its park, garden, orangery, enclosing walls, stables, basin and dovecote were also listed in 1994. Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 1 June 2022 This sophomore effort flashes back and forth between the springtime unfurling of Mungo and James’ love (forged in the dovecote where James raises pigeons) and the goose-pimpling fishing expedition a few months later. Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022 The Victorian dovecote in the eaves of the coach house may even remain home to the family of jackdaws now living there. New York Times, 15 Oct. 2021 The dovecote at the peak of the roof and the pale-yellow siding were overseen by one older man. Emma Alpern, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2021
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Noun
  • Like a fox guarding the henhouse, a top Colorado official allowed election conspiracy theorists to access confidential voter records, prosecutors told the jury in the trial against former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters.
    John Frank, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
  • And there's always the frightening prospect that wild birds could carry the virus into the henhouses needed in vaccine production.
    Arthur Allen, CBS News, 29 May 2024
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
Noun
  • 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
  • After his conviction, Mr. Calley was removed from the stockade on Nixon’s orders and confined to his quarters at Fort Benning.
    Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
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

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“Dovecote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dovecote. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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