sheepfold

American  

[sheep-fohld] / ˈʃipˌfoʊld /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. an enclosure for sheep.

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sheepfold British  

/ ˈʃiːpˌfəʊld /

noun

1. a pen or enclosure for sheep

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Etymology

Origin of sheepfold

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

He mentioned this to the goose, who was sitting quietly in a corner of 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