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

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

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

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

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

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

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