sheepfold

American  

[sheep-fohld] / ˈʃipˌfoʊld /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. an enclosure for sheep.

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sheepfold British  

/ ˈʃiːpˌfəʊld /

noun

1. a pen or enclosure for sheep

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Etymology

Origin of sheepfold

before 1000; Middle English; Old English sceapa falda. See sheep, fold ²

Example Sentences

We passed a sheepfold with dry stone walls, a roof of scavenged tree trunks and plastic, and two padlocked doors.

From Washington Post

He mentioned this to the goose, who was sitting quietly in a corner of the sheepfold.

From Literature

He raced back up the slope, scrabbling over low stone walls, and pelted through the sheepfold, past the garden and through the cloister, still gripping his apple branch swords.

From Literature

Already a flight of four had been seen over the southwest shores of Hosk, not alighting but spying out the sheepfolds, barns, and villages.

From Literature

That night we lie down in a sheepfold, deep in a pasture.

From Literature