sheepwalk

American  

[sheep-wawk] / ˈʃipˌwɔk /

noun

British.

1. a tract of land on which sheep are pastured.

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sheepwalk British  

/ ˈʃiːpˌwɔːk /

noun

1. a tract of land for grazing sheep

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Etymology

Origin of sheepwalk

First recorded in 1580–90; sheep + walk

Example Sentences

Railton's lease of the sheepwalk ran out in a few days, but he was by local custom entitled to its renewal after a review of the terms.

From The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" by Bindloss, Harold

It was a very large sheepwalk and much time would be needed to find the sheep on the wide belt of moor.

From The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" by Bindloss, Harold

No road, not even a sheepwalk, connected his lonely dwelling with the abodes of men.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Burney, Fanny

The boy's shepherd life carried him to the bleak upland, still famous as a sheepwalk, though a scant herbage scarce veils the whinstone rock.

From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard

New Lanark would still have been a sheepwalk, and Greenock a fishing hamlet.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron