English

Proper noun

Culverhouse

1. A topographic surname for someone who lived near a dovecote, or a metonymic surname for someone involved in maintaining a dovecote

English

Noun

culverhouse ‎(plural culverhouses)

1. a dovecote, particularly a large one on an estate

References

• culverhouse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913