What does sheepcote mean?
Sheepcote means A small building for sheltering sheep..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A small building for sheltering sheep..
If thou wilt come and dwell with me at home, My sheepcote shall be strowed with new greene rushes: Weele haunt the trembling prickets as they rome About the fields, along the hauthorne bushes; I have a pie-bald curre to hunt the hare, So we will live with daintie forrest fare.
Each officer was at his post, nor could they much complain whilst their General sat on straw, in a sheepcote, at the foot of the hill, called Sherriff Muir, which overlooks Dumblane, on the right of his army.
Besides this, he acquired in the sheepcote lessons which he practised on the throne, that rule means service, and that the shepherd of men holds his office in order that he may protect and guide.
Use sheepcote when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sheepcote means A small building for sheltering sheep..
Common synonyms include fold, sheepfold, sheep pen.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
If thou wilt come and dwell with me at home, My sheepcote shall be strowed with new greene rushes: Weele haunt the trembling prickets as they rome About the fields, along the hauthorne bushes; I have a pie-bald curre to hunt the hare, So we will live with daintie forrest fare.
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