noun
- The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
- Any habitation at a high altitude.
(Variant of aerie.)
Source:
"If there be any eyrie so desolate, or isle so remote, that one may there resort unchallenged by an Englishman, tis not down on any map I ever saw."
Mitchell, David. Cloud Atlas: a novel. New York: Random House, 2004: 3.
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