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

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

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

The last are first, the first are last, As angel eyes behold; These from the sheepcote sternly cast, Those welcomed to the fold.

From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by Newman, John Henry

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

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

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

From The Brother of Daphne by Yates, Dornford