/duv"koht'/ , n.
1. a structure, usually at a height above the ground, for housing domestic pigeons.
2. flutter the dovecotes , to cause a stir in a quiet or conservative institution or group: The flamboyant manner of the tourists fluttered the dovecotes of the sleepy New England town.
Also, dovecot /duv"kot/ .
[ 1375-1425; late ME; see DOVE 1 , COTE ]