Usually means: Structures designed for housing pigeons.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (dovecote)

noun:  A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
noun:  (historical) In medieval Europe, a round or square structure of stone or wood, free-standing or built into a tower, in which pigeons were kept.
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