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Definition of Sheepcote
1. Noun. A pen for sheep.
Definition of Sheepcote
1. Noun. (archaic) A small building for sheltering sheep. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sheepcote
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheepcote
Literary usage of Sheepcote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Manuscripts of the Earl Cowper, K. G.: Preserved at Melbourne Hall by John Coke, Thomas Coke, Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper Cowper, William Dashwood Fane (1888)
"(Indorsed by Sir John Coke " 114/. due to me ".) The sheepcote at the Hallend is
set up and finished all but thatching, ..."
2. Eastern arts and antiquities mentioned in the sacred Scriptures (1840)
"sheepcote. THE word " sheepcote" occurs 1 Chron. xvii. 7, in which verse the
prophet Nathan reminds king David of his former humble station in life. ..."
3. Stories of Humble Friends by Katharine Pyle (1902)
"One of the places where the ground was almost clear was over at the sheepcote,
a sort of loosely- built shed, where the sheep could take shelter in cold or ..."
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