sheepcote

American  

[sheep-koht] / ˈʃipˌkoʊt /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. a pen or covered enclosure for sheep.

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sheepcote British  

/ ˈʃiːpˌkəʊt /

noun

1. another word for sheepfold

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Etymology

Origin of sheepcote

1375–1425; late Middle English. See sheep, cote ¹

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sheepcote

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

Helen's features would not have fired a sheepcote: the charm that lighted them blotted out a city.

From The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates

No need to take care now about fastening the door, Arni of Bali said to himself as he wrapped the string around the nail driven into the door-post of the outlying sheepcote.

From Seven Icelandic Short Stories by Steingrímur J. Þorsteinsson

Then he'll ask, "Whereabouts is your sheepcote and shieling?" and I'll say, "Not far off; when you get a bit up the hill you'll soon see them."

From Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales by P. Chr. Asbj?rnsen

Still sounds toward me float; I hear the bird's small note, Sheep from the far sheepcote, And lowing steers.

From New Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson