'Rookeries' definitions:
Definition of 'Rookeries'
From: GCIDE
- Rookery \Rook"er*y\, n.; pl. Rookeries.
- 1. The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A brothel. [Low] [1913 Webster]