A pen or enclosure for domestic animals, esp. sheep.

An enclosure in which animals are kept, esp. a fold or pen for sheep or goats. Obsolete.

A small enclosure in which cows, sheep, pigs, poultry, or other animals are kept; a fold, sty, coop, etc.

The action of folding sheep; an instance of this. Also concrete. Manure dropped in the fold.

An enclosure, a coop. Cf. pound, n.2 1. Obsolete.

(a) A stall, pen, or shed for cattle; also, a coop or hutch. (b) A crib for fodder; a chest, bin, or other receptacle.

A sty or pen for animals. Cf. hulk, n.1 1. northern dialect.

An enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.; a fold; a stockade. (Chiefly in Spanish America and U.S.). Cf. kraal, n.

A temporary fold or enclosure used by the Irish who wandered about with their herds in summer; a company of people and their cattle thus wandering…

A walled enclosure for sheep, cattle, or pigs, usually made of stone and often with a covered area. Now also: a run or pen for poultry…

A pen, cote, or fold for animals, as pigs, sheep, fowls.

= ree, n.4 1, 2.

An enclosure for giving shelter to sheep or cattle, usually circular, smaller than a ‘fold’ and with higher walls. Also a ring of trees serving as a…

An enclosure for sheltering or accommodating sheep, cattle, etc. Also: an enclosure in which wild animals are captured.

An enclosure for cattle or sheep (esp. in South or Central Africa); a stockade, pen, fold. (Cf. crawl, n.2 1) In quot. 1861 applied to an enclosure…

A sheep-cot or pen.

The keeping of animals in a pound or enclosure; an enclosure in which animals are kept. Now rare.

a yard into which cattle are forced or driven, in order to keep each sort by itself.