eyrie


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Synonyms for eyrie

the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)

any habitation at a high altitude

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When Faria handed over notes to the Chelsea bench and goalkeeping coach Silvinho Louro appeared with instructions seconds before each of their three substitutions, it all seemed to be orchestrated from Mourinho's eyrie in the Chelsea Village fitness centre.
Now 87 he presented his wartime trophy from Hitler's eyrie.
When only half way she started screeching and clapping her wings up and down on the edge of the eyrie, X stopped and asked if he should withdraw, I told him to go for it, so he proceeded up the tree.
Poised like a light-filled eyrie above central London, this modern urban loft is dramatically colonised by a series of immaculately crafted insertions.
A waterlogged Eyrie pitch forced the referee to call off last night's action so the fixture has been rearranged for 7.45pm next Tuesday.
In a tree-top eyrie overlooking the lake, the pair courted, built their nest, laid eggs and raised a youngster.
But feathers will fly when her English mate finds his eyrie at Wythop Wood, near Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria, is at the centre of a love triangle.
Platnauer, who had a successful stint as manager of Rothwell Town and then as caretaker-boss of Kettering Town, becomes the third boss this term at the New Eyrie where he began his career.
Utzon's eyrie is a surprise, set within a surprise.
The Nuneaton chief admitted his performance at Coventry Golf Club produced slightly more quality and finesse than his team's indifferent efforts at The Eyrie, where The Eagles swooped with two second-half goals to cancel out the solitary strike before the break from Chris Dillon.
They said the skull of the prehistoric three-year-old fell out of an eagle's eyrie after being eaten two million years ago.
She said the golden eagle was an "exemplary" choice because it built an "impressive eyrie".
This prompted Prof John Ashton, North West director of Public Health, to reminisce with Mr Brocklebank about visiting Ray O'Brien, former chief executive of Merseyside County Council, in his Metro Tower eyrie. When another councillor present was invited to enjoy the stupendous vista from the windows, he demurred, saying: "I'm sorry, I'll get impetigo if I go near the edge."
LEAMINGTON once again proved they have the necessary quality to do well in the Zamaretto Premier Division as they disposed of Bedford Town 2-0 at the New Eyrie Stadium.
Birmingham's trippy electro-popsters climaxed their epic slog of a tour on home ground, turning The Sanctuary's top-floor room into a crammed eyrie.