sheepwalk

[ sheep-wawk ]

noun

, British.

1. a tract of land on which sheep are pastured.

sheepwalk

/ ˈʃiːpˌwɔːk /

noun

1. a tract of land for grazing sheep

Word History and Origins

Origin of sheepwalk¹

First recorded in 1580–90; sheep + walk

Example Sentences

It was a wild waste, and a great part of it to this day remains much in the same state, fit only for sheepwalks or a warren, or as a preserve for game.

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The Spanish word merino originally meant an inspector of sheepwalks, and is derived from the Low Latin majorinus, a steward of the household.

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Thorhall would have been a happy man but for one circumstance—his sheepwalks were haunted.

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The wool grown on Irish sheepwalks was of the finest, and was eagerly purchased by France and Spain.

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Next follow the Bala Beds, which, with the succeeding Lower and Upper Llandovery shales, sandstones and conglomerates, form the sparsely populated sheepwalks and valleys which occupy most of the north-western part of the county.

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