mews

• “I am living over a mews -- over a _mews_ with twelve pounds and a few shillings, and then _nothing_ -- nothing at all. ”

  Once Aboard the Lugger

• “The word mews dates back to Henry VIII's hawks, which were "mewed", or caged.”

  Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

• “Two hundred years later, bluff King Hal would turn out the hawks to make room for his horses; but as yet the word mews had its proper signification of a place where hawks were mewed or confined.”

  The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century

• “Their little house sat secret and smug as a tomb, and the arched entrance to the mews was a black yawn beside it.”

  More Work for the Undertaker

• “This place was afterwards enlarged, and converted into stables for horses; but the old name remained, and now most stables in London are called mews, although the word is derived from falconry, and the hawks have long since flown away.”

  Old English Sports

• “The mews were the buildings where the hawks were kept when moulting, the word "mew" being a term used by falconers to signify to moult, or cast feathers; and the King's Mews, near Charing Cross, was the place where the royal hawks were kept.”

  Old English Sports

• “Pennant says that the royal stables in London were called mews from the fact that the buildings were formerly used for keeping the king's falcons.”

  The Lady of the Lake

• “Their mews were the loudest sound in the street at that moment, as there was little traffic, and the city was unusually quiet.”

  Brits at their Best

• “His bird lives in a large cage he built called a mews and all aspects of the life of each bird, including capture, care and training, must be reported to state and federal agencies.”

  Memphis Commercial Appeal Stories

• “The diminution of late years of house-flies in London houses is simply and solely due to legislation compelling the removal of horse manure from the "mews" so frequent at the back of London streets.”

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