The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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