owlery

English

Etymology

owl +‎ -ery

Noun

owlery (plural owleries)

  1. (zoology) An abode or a haunt of owls.
    • Thomas Carlyle
      Or perhaps there is now no heroic wisdom left in England; England, once the land of heroes, is itself sunk now to a dim owlery, and habitation of doleful creatures, intent only on money-making and other forms of catching mice […]

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References
  • owlery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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