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Taubenhaus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • columbarium noun A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France.
  • dovecote noun A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.

Senses

Taubenhaus is used for these senses in English:

  • columbarium (historical) A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.
  • dovecote A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.

columbarium — full definition

  1. noun A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France.
  2. noun A pigeonhole in such a dovecote.
  3. noun A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.
  4. noun A niche in such a building for housing urns.

dovecote — full definition

  1. noun A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
  2. noun In medieval Europe, a round or square structure of stone or wood, free-standing or built into a tower, in which pigeons were kept.

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