sheepcote
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sheepcote
Example Sentences
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For a long time it was thought that he must keep money in the cupboard, but last spring an acquaintance of his stopped at the outlying sheepcote on his way from the village.
From Seven Icelandic Short Stories by Steingrímur J. Þorsteinsson
After that they all ran out of the sheepcote, but Rodny went indoors with Njal, and was there the rest of the night.
From The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor by Unknown
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto My servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel: 9.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Alexander Maclaren
In ale about the carriage of peas to the sheepcote iv d ob.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
In good spirits the boys returned to the sheepcote.
From The Three Comrades by Kristina Royova
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