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单词 sheepwalk
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sheepwalk

[ sheep-wawk ]
/ ˈʃipˌwɔk /

noun British.

a tract of land on which sheep are pastured.

Origin of sheepwalk

First recorded in 1580–90; sheep + walk

Words nearby sheepwalk

sheepskin, sheep sorrel, sheep station, sheepswool sponge, sheeptick, sheepwalk, sheer, sheerlegs, Sheerness, sheer plan, sheesh
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Example sentences from the Web for sheepwalk

  • New Lanark would still have been a sheepwalk, and Greenock a fishing hamlet.

    The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • No road, not even a sheepwalk, connected his lonely dwelling with the abodes of men.

    The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Fanny Burney

British Dictionary definitions for sheepwalk

sheepwalk
/ (ˈʃiːpˌwɔːk) /

noun

mainly British a tract of land for grazing sheep
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