单词 | sheepcot |
释义 | sheepcotn. = sheepcote n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep-house sheepcot14.. sheep-housec1410 sheepcote1414 sheppey1869 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 734/1 Hec barcaria, i. ovile, a schepcott. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 34 There faldis scheip cottis and ludgens. 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) viii. cii. 229 That Sheep-cot,..I rather would my Palace wish to bee, Then any roofe, of proudest Maiestie. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 61 The utility of sheep-cots on a store-farm. 1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake Distr. 74 A sheepcot at the head of the glen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018). > as lemmassheep-cot 2. A small erection for shelter or protection, as for sheep, a bell, etc.; = cote n.1 2. Also in combination as bell-cot, sheep-cot. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > animal house > small animal house cotec1420 cotc1450 c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 730 Hec caula, schepcot. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 730 Hec barcaria, i. ovile, a schepcott. 1804 J. Duncumb Coll. Hist. County Hereford Gloss. Cot, a barn for folding sheep. 1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 66 Lucker church [has] a cot for one bell placed on the western gable. < n.14.. as lemmas |
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