sheepfold

Etymology

sheep + fold

noun

  1. An enclosure for keeping sheep.
    If civilized life had covered over the ancient verities, Dumuzi learns in his tragic death that the sheepfold is still there to reclaim him. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 180
  2. A flock of sheep.

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