coteful

plural cotefuls

1. rareA number sufficient to fill a cote.

   So, when she asked me to bring over that lad Jamie an’ his coteful of pigeons, I thought nowt of it but took him aboard.

   2000, Wilder Perkins, Hoare and the Headless Captains, page 74

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   Seven honest good fellows were respectfully afraid of one rogue ; and the rogue was perfectly aware of the fact, and treated them accordingly ; much as a hawk would treat a coteful of pigeons, if he found it convenient to pass the night among them.

   1895, Henry Kingsley, The Hillyars and the Burtons: A Story of Two Families, pages 59-60

   […] there were old gaunt trees, and some five-barred gates, and crooked chimneys, and a coteful of doves, that gave the place a certain rural charm, even in mid-winter.

   1959, Dudley Barker, Private Company, page 84