sheepfold
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle English shepefald, perhaps from Late Old English sċēapa falde (literally “sheeps' fold”), equivalent to sheep + fold.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sheepfold (plural sheepfolds)
- An enclosure for keeping sheep.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 180:
- If civilized life had covered over the ancient verities, Dumuzi learns in his tragic death that the sheepfold is still there to reclaim him.
- A flock of sheep.
Translations
[edit]enclosure
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References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sheepfold”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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