warren

warren definitions

noun
  • The right to maintain and hunt an area of small beasts, similar to a free warren, but with certain limitations, such as restricting the right to hunt on parts of the land held by freeholders. 

  • The system of burrows where rabbits live. 

  • A mazelike place of passages and/or rooms in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded. 

  • A place legally authorized for the keeping, breeding and hunting of beasts of warren, especially rabbits.