sheepfold
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sheepfold
before 1000; Middle English; Old English sceapa falda. See sheep, fold 2
Example Sentences
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We passed a sheepfold with dry stone walls, a roof of scavenged tree trunks and plastic, and two padlocked doors.
From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2019
Jesus also said: John, Chapter 10.."Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber."
From Time • Jun. 2, 2013
Although the Crystal Room was Mr. LeRoy’s glammy addition to the sheepfold, “the original architecture is not sacred,” said Henry J. Stern, a former city parks commissioner.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2010
"I shake my head, terrorized by the idea of being circumcised in a sheepfold, amidst fleas and mice, with an old rusty knife."
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2010
What they found instead was a midden heap, a pigsty, an empty sheepfold, and a windowless daub-and-wattle hall scarce worthy of the name.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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