单词 | sheep-pen |
释义 | ˈsheep-pen [f. sheep n. + pen n.1; ? partly intended as an analysis of shippon.] A pen in which to keep sheep.
1649W. Blithe Engl. Improver xxiii. 139 Hay-Stacks, or Sheep-pens, or places of Shade. a1722Lisle Husb. (1757) 335 Sir Ambrose Philipps's sheep-pen. 1834Marryat Peter Simple vii, I inquired for the butcher, whom I found sitting in the sheep-pen with the sheep. 1841Browning Pippa Passes iii, Many a valley-thief Caught in the sheep-pens. |

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