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
A former sheepfold off Central Park West, the defunct Tavern sits on city property.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 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
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 "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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