croodle

verb

1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete)To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw.

   “Far ben thy dark green plantin's shade The cushat croodles am'rously”

   “Oh! that I had wings-not as a dove , to fly home to its nest and croodle there”

   “Mrs. Dootson bridged the other half, and, croodling down to Meg's height, she somewhat forced the friendship”

2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete)To fawn or coax.
3. (dialectal)To make a cooing sound.

   “Too dark to see well, but judge from movements of old bird's head and croodling noise.”

   “Do pigeons croodle, or only doves?”

noun

1. A bird's coo, especially that of a dove.

   “[A]nd no sound falls on my ears, except the distant roar of a passing train, the song of linnets, and croodle of turtle-dove and cushat.”

   “[A] third-storey apartment under the eaves loud with the croodles and canoodling of amorous pigeons.”