sheepfold

[ sheep-fohld ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. an enclosure for sheep.

sheepfold

/ ˈʃiːpˌfəʊld /

noun

1. a pen or enclosure for sheep

Word History and Origins

Origin of sheepfold¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English sceapa falda. See sheep, fold ²

Example Sentences

We passed a sheepfold with dry stone walls, a roof of scavenged tree trunks and plastic, and two padlocked doors.

From Washington Post

Almost every morning there was another new lamb in the sheepfold.

From Literature

The Angelus rang, its bronze voice pouring through the sheepfold and over the orchard walls in slow, rich waves.

From Literature

Already a flight of four had been seen over the southwest shores of Hosk, not alighting but spying out the sheepfolds, barns, and villages.

From Literature

That night we lie down in a sheepfold, deep in a pasture.

From Literature