sheepfold

3 definitions found

sheepfold - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

sheepfold - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sheepfold
      n 1: a pen for sheep [syn: fold, sheepfold, sheep pen,
           sheepcote]

sheepfold - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  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.)