1. a large nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, built high in a tree or on a cliff.
▪ a high or inaccessible place from which someone can observe what is below them:"his 40th floor eyrie in the tallest office building in Portland"
Word Originlate 15th century: from medieval Latin aeria, aerea, eyria, probably from Old French aire, from Latin area ‘level piece of ground’, in late Latin‘nest of a bird of prey’.
