#470 eyrie

eyrie- the nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, built in a high inaccessible place; the brood of a bird of prey, especially an eagle; any high isolated position or place

C16 from Medieval Latin airea, from Latin area open field, hence nest

They climbed out of the smelting town, where eyrie houses perched insecurely on a precipitous landscape.

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