sheepwalk
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sheepwalk
Example Sentences
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But towards the evening Tyrconnel and Lauzun collected all their forces, and marched out of the city by the road leading to that vast sheepwalk which extends over the table land of Kildare.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
Railton's lease of the sheepwalk ran out in a few days, but he was by local custom entitled to its renewal after a review of the terms.
From The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" by Harold Bindloss
It was a very large sheepwalk and much time would be needed to find the sheep on the wide belt of moor.
From The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" by Harold Bindloss
New Lanark would still have been a sheepwalk, and Greenock a fishing hamlet.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
No road, not even a sheepwalk, connected his lonely dwelling with the abodes of men.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Fanny Burney
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