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

Example Sentences

In good spirits the boys returned to the sheepcote.

From The Three Comrades by Royova, Kristina

Where, in the purlieus of this forest stands A sheepcote fenced about with Olive trees?

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson

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 Asbj?rnsen, P. Chr.

In ale about the carriage of peas to the sheepcote iv d ob.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

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

From New Poems by Stevenson, Robert Louis