sheepfold

English
Sheepfold next to Strans Gill (Yorkshire, England).

Etymology

sheep +‎ fold

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʃiːpfəʊld/
  • Rhymes: -iːpfəʊld

Noun

sheepfold (plural sheepfolds)

  1. An enclosure for keeping sheep.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 180:
      If civilized life had covered over the ancient verities, Dumuzi learns in his tragic death that the sheepfold is still there to reclaim him.
  2. A flock of sheep.

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