sheep-penn.

Etymology: < sheep n. + pen n.²; ? partly intended as an analysis of shippon n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheep-pen.

A pen in which to keep sheep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > folding sheep > fold or pen

sheepfolda1430

caul1483

boughta1522

sheep-garth1570

wool-hurdle1586

barkary?1592

sheep-pen1649

ovil1674

night-lair1688

turnip-tray1805

sheep-ree1817

stow1856

dead-fold1897

sheep-camp1911

check-pen1922

1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xxiii. 139 Hay-Stacks, or Sheep-Pens, or places of Shade.

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 335 Sir Ambrose Philipps's sheep-pen.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. vii. 83 I inquired for the butcher, whom I found sitting in the sheep-pen with the sheep.

1841 R. Browning Pippa Passes iii, in Bells & Pomegranates No. I 12/1 Many a valley-thief Caught in the sheep-pens.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	sheep-pen
释义	sheep-penn. Etymology: < sheep n. + pen n.²; ? partly intended as an analysis of shippon n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheep-pen. A pen in which to keep sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > folding sheep > fold or pen sheepfolda1430 caul1483 boughta1522 sheep-garth1570 wool-hurdle1586 barkary?1592 sheep-pen1649 ovil1674 night-lair1688 turnip-tray1805 sheep-ree1817 stow1856 dead-fold1897 sheep-camp1911 check-pen1922 1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xxiii. 139 Hay-Stacks, or Sheep-Pens, or places of Shade. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 335 Sir Ambrose Philipps's sheep-pen. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. vii. 83 I inquired for the butcher, whom I found sitting in the sheep-pen with the sheep. 1841 R. Browning Pippa Passes iii, in Bells & Pomegranates No. I 12/1 Many a valley-thief Caught in the sheep-pens. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1649
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