dovecot

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dovecot (plural dovecots)

  1. Alternative spelling of dovecote.
    • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 412:
      In 1430 King's College, Cambridge, sells the pigeon's dung from its dovecot for 2s. 8d., in 1461 for 3s., in 1537 for 4s.