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Sheepfold

//ˈʃiːp.fəʊld// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An enclosure for keeping sheep.

    "If civilized life had covered over the ancient verities, Dumuzi learns in his tragic death that the sheepfold is still there to reclaim him."

  2. 2
    a pen for sheep wordnet
  3. 3
    A flock of sheep.

    "We weep because the Lord’s sheepfold is guarded by wolves; we despair because truth gasps for breath amid lies."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English shepefald, perhaps from Late Old English sċēapa falde (literally “sheep's fold”), equivalent to sheep + fold.

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