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单词 sheepfold
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sheepfoldn.

Brit. /ˈʃiːpfəʊld/, U.S. /ˈʃipˌfoʊld/
Etymology: < sheep n. + fold n.2
1.
a. A pen or enclosure for sheep.
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
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) x. 1 Se þe ne gæð æt þam gete into sceapa falde.]
a1430 Wyclif's Bible, Num. xxxii. 16 (Corpus Cambr.) Sheep foldis.
c1440 Alphabet of Tales 130 Þer doggis at kepid þer shepefald.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiv It is tyme to set out ye shepfolde in May.
1611 Bible (King James) Judges v. 16 Why abodest thou among the sheepefolds, to heare the bleatings of the flocks? View more context for this quotation
1668 Cowley Several Disc. iv. Hor. Ep. 52 To pin the sheepfold.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 290 The sheep-fold here Pours out its fleecy tenants o'er the glebe.
1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 68 A sheep-fold bleat.
1891 ‘S. C. Scrivener’ Our Fields & Cities 142 Sowing barley on a recently-ploughed sheepfold.
b. figurative, esp. in a spiritual sense.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > a place of refuge
havenc1225
infleeinga1300
leinda1300
harbourc1300
reseta1325
harbouryc1325
refutec1350
asylec1384
receipta1393
refugec1405
port salut?1407
recept1423
porta1425
receptaclec1425
place (etc.) of refuge?a1439
retreat1481
port haven1509
stelling-place1513
refugie1515
retraict1550
safe haven1555
havening place1563
sanctuarya1568
safe harbour1569
sheepfold1579
subterfuge1593
arka1616
lopeholt1616
latebra1626
asylum1642
creep-hole1646
harbourage1651
reverticle1656
creeping-hole1665
a port in a (also the) storm1714
receptory1856
padded cell1876
funk-hole1900
1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue Ep. Ded. sig. *ijv Many lying seers,..vnder Lambes skinnes, craftely crept into the sheepfold.
1581 J. Hamilton Catholik Traictise Epist. f. 4 The scheipfald of Christ.
1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 136 The Prince of all Shepheards whose sheepe-fold is the world.
1851 Ruskin (title) Notes on the construction of Sheepfolds [i.e. churches].
1868 E. Yates Rock Ahead II. ii. iv. 154 The man who had dared..to invade the sanctity of her sheepfold and carry off one of her pet lambs.
2. A flock of sheep; = fold n.2 1c. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > flock of
eowdeOE
hirsel1366
shallow1550
sheepfold1590
oviary1623
keepinga1642
1590 T. Watson Eglogue vpon Death Walsingham sig. C4v Lets hence, & shut our sheepfolds in their coat.

Derivatives

sheepfold v. Obsolete
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > rear sheep or wool [verb (transitive)] > fold
foldc1440
stuff1567
sheepfold1610
enfold?1611
cot1804
wattle1908
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. ix. 21 If they be there~withall Sheepe-folded and ground-fedde with ruminant Cattell.
sheepfolding n. Obsolete
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > folding sheep
foldingc1440
sheepfolding1610
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 23 The sheepe-folding and foddering.
1732 W. Ellis Pract. Farmer 88 Sheep-folding all the Winter under Cover, in my opinion, would be of great importance to the Ground.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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