mews
Kitten sounds collectively
Mews is a row of houses or apartments converted from stables, typically arranged around a courtyard or along a narrow lane.
Originally these were service buildings behind grand London townhouses, housing horses and carriages with servants' quarters above.
The word is singular despite the -s: a charming mews in Kensington, The mews was quiet at night.
Now mews addresses command premium prices as desirable urban housing.
Surfaced with rounded stones
- courtyardEnclosed open-air space
- convertedAltered in form or purpose
- townhouseAttached multi-floor urban residence
- terracePaved outdoor extension
carriage house · lane · alley · cul-de-sac · passage · narrow · brick · archway
Training raptors to hunt
- hawkTaloned predatory bird
- falconSwift bird of prey
- raptorHunting bird with talons
- perchResting spot for birds
hood · jess · gauntlet · glove · lure · cadge · bell · swivel
Of a prim era
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
preserved · restored · period · cobblestone · architecture · landmark · traditional · original
cobbled
Surfaced with rounded stones
- courtyardEnclosed open-air space
- convertedAltered in form or purpose
- townhouseAttached multi-floor urban residence
terrace · carriage house · lane · alley · cul-de-sac · passage · narrow · brick · archway · gaslight
falconry
Training raptors to hunt
perch · hood · jess · gauntlet · glove · lure · cadge · bell · swivel · molt
Victorian
Of a prim era
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
conservation · preserved · restored · period · cobblestone · architecture · landmark · traditional · original · antique
charming
Pleasantly attractive in manner
- picturesqueVisually pleasing, paintable
- cozyWarm and snug
- intimateClosely personal or private
snug · tucked-away · hidden · secluded · quiet · peaceful · idyllic · storybook · old-world · nostalgic
cry
Vocal expression of emotion
trill · vocalize · caterwaul · screech · squawk · whimper · plaintive · gull · seagull · raptor
- British Architecturemanor house, terraced house, terraced houses, semi-detached, detached house
- enclosurescage, pen, box, enclosure, case
- streetsstreet, road, sidewalk, sidewalks, pavement
- passagestunnel, hallway, duct, walkway, channel
- British streetscapehigh street, pavement, kerb, lamppost, bollard
- horse facilitiesstable, stables, stall, horse stall, horse stalls
mewsthoroughfare
Main public road
boulevard · main road · avenue · high street · highway
mewsmansion
Large, stately home
manor house · stately home · main house · estate · townhouse
- mews houseConverted stable residence