PIGEON
NOUNS
..825 — CULVER a dove, a pigeon
1340 — CULVER-HOUSE a pigeon-house, a dove-cote → obs.
1565 — CULVER-HOLE pigeon-hole, a dove-cote → obs.
1725 — COVE a cell in a pigeon-cote → obs.
1910 — SQUEEKER a young courier pigeon → Amer. World War I sl.
1991 — PENISTEROPHILY the raising and training of pigeons (Bk.)
VERBS
1574 — CROOKLE to coo as a pigeon → obs.
1611 — CROO to make the murmuring sound of a dove or pigeon, to coo → obs.
1691 — CRUCKLE to coo as a pigeon → obs.
1922 — ROOCOOCOO of a pigeon or a dove: to coo
Lexicophilia 