A place where finches are kept, bred, or studied; an aviary specialized for finches; a collection or group of finches.
From finch plus -ery (a place or practice of). Following the pattern of 'fishery,' 'archery,' and other -ery place names.
Victorian fincheries were fashionable—wealthy collectors housed hundreds of songbirds, creating a trade that devastated wild populations and shaped European attitudes toward nature as property.
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