mews

British  

/ mjuːz /

noun

1. a yard or street lined by buildings originally used as stables but now often converted into dwellings

2. the buildings around a mews

3. informal an individual residence in a mews

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Etymology

Origin of mews

C14: pl of _mew ³, originally referring to royal stables built on the site of hawks' mews at Charing Cross in London

Example Sentences

Raspy grunts, high-pitched mews, guttural barks and the occasional roar bellowed toward my group of hikers at Año Nuevo State Park, a remote strip of coastal bluffs about 60 miles south of San Francisco.

From New York Times

Apprentices must trap, train, and care for them in home enclosures called mews during the season, which generally runs from late fall to spring.

From Washington Times

For me, it began about 18 months ago, one long, hot summer evening when two huge wanting eyes, accompanied by serenading mews appeared at the kitchen door.

From BBC

They lived briefly in Manhattan before returning to Scotland, where they had a mews house in Edinburgh and a home in Edrom, Berwickshire, with a vegetable garden and chickens.

From The Guardian

Ollie Rose III, 61, of Pleasant Hill faces multiple charges, including conspiring to use a facility in interstate commerce in furtherance of unlawful activity. according to a mews release from the U.S.

From Washington Times