sheepfold
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6.2
- noun
- /ˈʃiːpfoʊld/
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- The farmer built a new sheepfold to keep his flock safe from predators.
- enter the sheepfold
Already a flight of four had been seen over the southwest shores of Hosk, not a lighting, but spying out the sheepfolds, barns and villages.
- Already a flight of four had been seen over the southwest shores of Hosk, not a lighting, but spying out the sheepfolds, barns and villages.
Examples
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Christ himself is the "gate to the sheepfold" (Jn 10:7,9).
Blog text (1) -
Here, my family, for as long as any of us could remember, had its large pen and smaller sheepfold.
Fiction book (1990) -
Eventually, you will come to an old sheepfold and shepherd's cottage at the top of Grottaccia Hill.
Fiction book (2002) -
Jesus was referring to those who came pretending to be pastors or guides of the people, those who would enter the sheepfold.
Blog text (19) -
Thus will Job find his tent "secure" and his "sheepfold untouched" (5:24).
Academic text (2006) -
A clearing appeared, and little thatched clusters of round wattle-and-daub huts with sheepfolds and cattle corrals around; the cold breeze ruffled rain-dimpled puddles.
Fiction book (2000) -
During the storm, all the sheep were gathered inside the sheepfold to stay dry and warm.
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They found the lost lamb near the sheepfold where it had wandered away from the rest of the flock.
Synonyms
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3.5
A small area for keeping animals like pigs or chickens
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7.4
A small pen where sheep or goats stay at night
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3.1
A small fenced area where farmers keep animals before moving them
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1.2
A fenced area where a farmer keeps sheep
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9.9
A small shelter or fenced area for keeping sheep
A building on a farm where sheep are kept and have their wool cut
An enclosure where stray animals are kept until their owners get them back
How Enclosed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sheepfold is simply sheep + fold, where fold meant a pen or 'enclosure' for animals. So imagine sheep being gathered and kept inside a 'fold' — that is why a sheepfold is a place for keeping sheep.