U.S. [f. COCOON sb.1 + -ERY.] A building or room for rearing silkworms and obtaining cocoons.
1868. Daily News, 3 Aug. In Nevada… cocoonery 50 feet square and 18 feet high.
1885. Boston (Mass.) Jrnl., 7 Sept., 2/4. A cocoonery that will protect a million worms.
