单词 | dead-fold |
释义 | > as lemmasdead-fold dead-fold n. a sheep-pen. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > folding sheep > fold or pen sheepfolda1430 caul1483 boughta1522 sheep-garth1570 wool-hurdle1586 barkary?1592 sheep-pen1649 ovil1674 night-lair1688 turnip-tray1805 sheep-ree1817 stow1856 dead-fold1897 sheep-camp1911 check-pen1922 1897 L. Robinson Wild Traits vi. 168 A sudden change of diet from the frugal fare on the hill-turf and in the ‘dead-fold’ to that of lush cereals [etc.]. 1906 G. A. B. Dewar Faery Year 32 The dead-fold is formed of wattle hurdles bound about with swathes of straw. < as lemmas |
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