fold yard

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fold yard - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fold \Fold\, n. [OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod.]
     1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
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              Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church;
        as, Christ's fold.
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              There shall be one fold and one shepherd. --John x.
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              The very whitest lamb in all my fold. --Tennyson.
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     3. A boundary; a limit. [Obs.] --Creech.
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     Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle.
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