Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ducket

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: duck-et
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aviary or other enclosure for keeping domesticated pigeons; a dovecote.

noun

A windowed, box-like structure mounted to the top or side of the brake van of a train, from which the guard has a clearer view along the railway track.

British usage

verb

to enter its ducket.

noun

Obsolete form of ducat.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"At the Kyle-fence end of the ducket Jerry’s recently designed trapdoor allowed Monte a shoofty freedom - even from Grandad - which he never had before."
"Access to the veranda is by means of hinged doors, and a deep ducket or projection is provided on each side to form a lookout."
"Mrs Allsop and her bar-blue brother travelled well together in good times, but after they ducketed she would chase him from niche to niche, henpecking him while Monte tried to collar them and collect their rings."

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps a variant of dovecote. First attested in the late 1900s.

Origin

First known use: First attested in the late 1900s

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

duckets (plural) duckets (present, singular) ducketing (participle, present) ducketed (participle, past) ducketed (past)

Questions

What does ducket mean?: An aviary or other enclosure for keeping domesticated pigeons; a dovecote.
Where does ducket come from?: First known use: First attested in the late 1900s.

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