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til.

dovecote

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɪl/
  1. dovecote

    feminine
  2. bridge (typically a small wooden bridge made of planks)

    dialectal · feminine
  3. cage trap (for catching birds)

    dated · feminine
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Possibly deverbal from tillen (“to lift up”); some early attestations of the word refer specifically to the hatch used to close off a dovecote. The meaning "dovecote" then originates as a pars pro toto usage. An alternative possibility is that the word represents a Frisian form corresponding to deel (“plank”) (referring to a plank on which doves are kept), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ.

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