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Recent Examples of dovecote
This enchanting storybook suite—once a historic dovecote—is a masterclass in rustic French charm and whimsical elegance.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
At the very top of the house, in a former dovecote with oxeye windows, there’s now a yoga studio and a roof deck with a hair-raising view of the river valley.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
Surrounded by redwood trees, the half-timbered home has multiple rooflines and gables, three stand-alone dovecotes that look like little towers, and a fence of irregularly curving bricks.
—Erika Mailman, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2023
The exemplary property comprises a main house with eight bedrooms, five additional cottages with their own gardens, a 17th-century dovecote and farming and equestrian facilities—all set against the pastoral landscape of the Cotswolds.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2022
The château was listed as a Historic Monument in 1927 and its park, garden, orangery, enclosing walls, stables, basin and dovecote were also listed in 1994.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 1 June 2022
This sophomore effort flashes back and forth between the springtime unfurling of Mungo and James’ love (forged in the dovecote where James raises pigeons) and the goose-pimpling fishing expedition a few months later.
—Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022
The Victorian dovecote in the eaves of the coach house may even remain home to the family of jackdaws now living there.
—New York Times, 15 Oct. 2021
Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
At the very top of the house, in a former dovecote with oxeye windows, there’s now a yoga studio and a roof deck with a hair-raising view of the river valley.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
Surrounded by redwood trees, the half-timbered home has multiple rooflines and gables, three stand-alone dovecotes that look like little towers, and a fence of irregularly curving bricks.
—Erika Mailman, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2023
The exemplary property comprises a main house with eight bedrooms, five additional cottages with their own gardens, a 17th-century dovecote and farming and equestrian facilities—all set against the pastoral landscape of the Cotswolds.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2022
The château was listed as a Historic Monument in 1927 and its park, garden, orangery, enclosing walls, stables, basin and dovecote were also listed in 1994.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 1 June 2022
This sophomore effort flashes back and forth between the springtime unfurling of Mungo and James’ love (forged in the dovecote where James raises pigeons) and the goose-pimpling fishing expedition a few months later.
—Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022
The Victorian dovecote in the eaves of the coach house may even remain home to the family of jackdaws now living there.
—New York Times, 15 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dovecote
Noun
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That is called the fox guarding the henhouse.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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That is called the fox guarding the henhouse.—
Elizabeth Zavala,
San Antonio Express-News,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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All the huts in the village were centered around the kraal, or cattle enclosure, which faced the rising sun.—
Aatish Taseer,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Oct. 2025
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The tiger had jumped into the kraal and killed the calves first.—
Cyril E. Holland,
Outdoor Life,
8 May 2025
Noun
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The camp consisted of a stockade erected around a 16-acre field by 200 enslaved workers commandeered from nearby plantations.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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Fort Massac on the Ohio River waterfront is a faithful reconstruction of an 1802 American fort built on the site of a French stockade erected in 1757 to safeguard the region from British invasion during the French & Indian War.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
Noun
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On the day of the rettir, hundreds of sheep are released into a central wooden sheepfold that’s surrounded by marked compartments—one belonging to each local farmer—that jut out from the inner circle like rays of the sun.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Oct. 2022
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This tidy residence in the western Swiss village of Etoy was built in 1830 as a sheepfold.—
Lauren Beale,
Forbes,
30 Aug. 2021
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“Dovecote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dovecote. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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