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

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sheepcote

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

Besides this, he acquired in the sheepcote lessons which he practised on the throne, that rule means service, and that the shepherd of men holds his office in order that he may protect and guide.

From The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander

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 Maclaren, Alexander

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

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