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Definition of "pigeon-house" []

  • A house for pigeons; a pigeonry; a dove-cote. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "pigeon-house" in a sentence
  • "A joker, on discovering that the birds had flown, wrote up "To Let" in big letters on the wall of the pigeon-house."
  • "Now, in some way or other the second in command found out that the circulation of air in the pigeon-house was faulty; to remedy this defect, he one day set the door a little ajar."
  • "Above each roof, the high pole of a pigeon-house; over each entry a little short-maned horse of wrought iron."