3 entries under this word

Roost

Rōōst, n.

noun

n. [A-S. hrōst, D. roest, roost, roosten, to roost.] 1. The pole or other support on which birds rest at night; a perch.

He clasped his wings upon his roost. Dryden.

Sense 2. A collection of fowls roosting together.

At roost, in a state of rest and sleep.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. ROOSTED; p. pr. & vb. n. ROOSTING.]

To sit, rest, or sleep, as birds on a pole, tree, or other thing at night; to perch.
To lodge.

O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me roost and nestle there. Herbert.

noun

n. See ROUST.