swannery

swan·ne·ry
S1W4A1N1N1E1R1Y4
/ˈswɒn.ə.ɹi/

noun

A place where swans are bred.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounswannery (plural swanneries)

plural swanneries

  1. A place where swans are bred.

    For years a large swannery existed among the islands, and the “king's swanner” used to come down and hold his periodical courts.

    1858, Walter White, chapter 6, in A Month In Yorkshire, page 40
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    At Abbotsbury, in Dorsetshire, there was formerly a noble swannery, the property of the Earl of Ilchester, where six or seven hundred were kept...

    1845, S. G. Goodrich, Illustrative Anecdotes Of The Animal Kingdom, page 197

    The swannery, I may say, was my idea; I said once in his hearing that it gave a baronial air to an estate; you see I knew a man who had got a lot of surplus swan stock for sale.

    1913, Saki, chapter 7, in When William Came

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