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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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dovecote
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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
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The fossil fuel foxes are guarding the climate henhouse, both in the United States and internationally.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 30 Dec. 2024.
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