sheepfold

[ sheep-fohld ]

/ ˈʃipˌfoʊld /

an enclosure for sheep.

Origin of sheepfold

before 1000; Middle English; Old English sceapa falda. See sheep, fold²

Beyond this again is a large stable, and below-ground, reached by a sloping tunnel, is the sheep-fold.

Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) |Isabella L. Bird
Now there is no condition in the puzzle that requires the sheep-fold to be of any particular form.

Amusements in Mathematics |Henry Ernest Dudeney
If he once gets inside a sheep-fold at night, he massacres and mangles right and left.

The Animal Story Book |Various
Is a fox-hound not conscience-stricken for his harry of the sheep-fold?

The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper |Martin Farquhar Tupper

The door of the sheep-fold was open and the wolf was already upon his prey.

History of the Rise of the Huguenots |Henry Baird

sheepfold

/ (ˈʃiːpˌfəʊld) /

a pen or enclosure for sheep