21 Jul
2007
21 Jul
'07
9:42 p.m.
On Sat, 2007-07-21 at 20:24 +0200, Jakob Hirsch wrote:
Not that it matters much, but isn't it spelled "dovecotE"?
My dictionary suggests both are valid:
Dovecot \Dove"cot\, Dovecote \Dove"cote
\, n.
A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above
the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic
pigeons breed; a dove house.
[1913 Webster]
Like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
johannes