Sheep-fold

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sheepfold \Sheep"fold`\, n.
     A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or
     confined.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sheepfold
       n : a pen for sheep [syn: {fold}, {sheep pen}, {sheepcote}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Sheep-fold
     a strong fenced enclosure for the protection of the sheep
     gathered within it (Num. 32:24; 1 Chr. 17:7; Ps. 50:9; 78:70).
     In John 10:16 the Authorized Version renders by "fold" two
     distinct Greek words, aule and poimne, the latter of which
     properly means a "flock," and is so rendered in the Revised
     Version. (See also Matt. 26:31; Luke 2:8; 1 Cor. 9:7.) (See {FOLD}.)