cote

/koʊt/
noun
  1. A small shelter or enclosure for birds or other small animals, especially doves or sheep.
    • The farmer built a new cote for the pigeons behind the barn.
    • We need to clean the cote before winter to keep the birds healthy.
    • Doves cooed softly from their cote in the old stone wall.
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