Definition of "henroost" [hen•roost]

• A place used by hens for roosting. (noun)

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• "The man who lost his life against a henroost, is in the same pickle with him who lost his life against a fortified place of the first order."
• "As I write, the bilious countenance of a culprit is peeping through the iron grates of a window, who, may be, is atoning for having invaded a henroost or bagged an unsuspecting pig."
• "The cold gray light of early dawn had given place to saffron, and the first drowsy challenge from the henroost had been shrilly answered from far and near, when old man Jerry awoke from his nap in the chimney corner, and, finding himself chilled through all his old, rheumatic bones, bent over the dying embers, pushed together the blackened and half-burned "chunks," and blew them until they glowed."