Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians
         in Corioli.                              --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

dovecote
     n : a birdhouse for pigeons [syn: {columbary}]