Sheephouse

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A roofed enclosure for sheep.

    "The sheep are afterwards driven into an unpastured adjoining meadow, and remain there (to prevent their soiling themselves in the sheephouse) a day and night, […]"

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"The sheep are afterwards driven into an unpastured adjoining meadow, and remain there (to prevent their soiling themselves in the sheephouse) a day and night, […]"

Etymology

From sheep + house.

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