dovecote

• “The dovecote was the second most likely rendezvous.”

  Simon & Schuster: City of Glory

• “And sometimes, also, do I find a fugitive creature in my dovecote, which is alien to me, and trembleth when I lay my hand upon it.”

  Thus Spake Zarathustra

• “The dovecote was a head-dress, a kind of round caul of gold or silver network, secured by gold or silver pins fastened in the hair.”

  A Forgotten Hero Not for Him

• “The dovecote was his escape, his only friend, and he wouldn't abandon it, even to prolong his life.”

  365 tomorrows

• “The dovecote was an exquisite conceit painted snow white and the blue of a robin’s egg.”

  Simon & Schuster: City of Glory

• “The three-story "tower" that stands on the property today and graces the wine label is actually a pigeonniere, or dovecote, built in 1625—and is not, as is commonly imagined, the tower that gave the estate its name.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Towering Bordeaux

• “What of the vicar's odd ministrations to the catatonic woman in the dovecote?”

  The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley: Book summary

• “The split-level Dovecote is a perennial favorite room for honeymooning couples due to its seclusion in an original 15th century dovecote, located between the main house and the garden courtyard.”

  The Huffington Post: Yvonne Yorke: A Taste of the Good Life - Le Manoir Aux Quat' Saisons

• “The funerary vault, or Monumentum Liviae, contained the cremated remains of more than a thousand Roman slaves and freedmen, their ashes packed in row upon row of ollae burial jars stacked in tiny niches around the vault, like pigeonholes; hence the name columbarium, meaning “dovecote.””

  Simon & Schuster: Caesars’ Wives

• “Every morning after the war, Joshua went up to the roof to take care of the dovecote.”

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