Owlery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Owlery is a noun meaning (zoology) An abode of owls.
Meaning
(zoology) An abode of owls.
More Meanings
- A pen or enclosure for owls.
Example Sentences
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, for whom the proper gospel is the gospel of M‘Croudy, and all nobler impulses and insights are forbidden henceforth?
Word Forms
- owleries
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include oule, ayry, owlism, aiery, oryall, ovarium.
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