Also 9 snaillery. [f. SNAIL sb.1 + -ERY.] A place where (edible) snails are bred or reared.
1725. in Archit. Soc. Dict. (1887), VII. 96/2. [That] a snailery and a place for breeding tortices be made at Kensington for his majesty’s service.
1834. W. H. Smyth, Roman Medals, 210. The luxury and profusion of Roman gastrology were attested by … their lepories, their lobsteries, and their snaileries.
1874. Wood, Nat. Hist., III. 406. There are … on the Continent several snaileries, where the inmates are abundantly supplied with food.
