noun
- a poultry house or enclosure where hens are kept
Usage: also spelled 'henery'; chiefly North American
Examples
- The farmer built a new hennery to house his growing flock of laying hens.
- Every morning, she collects eggs from the hennery before breakfast.
- The hennery needs to be cleaned out and fresh straw added.
- A fox got into the hennery last night and caused quite a commotion.
- The old hennery was replaced with a modern, climate-controlled structure.