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On the day of the rettir, hundreds of sheep are released into a central wooden sheepfold that’s surrounded by marked compartments—one belonging to each local farmer—that jut out from the inner circle like rays of the sun.
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Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2022
This tidy residence in the western Swiss village of Etoy was built in 1830 as a sheepfold.
—Lauren Beale, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
Later, we were married in a sheepfold overlooking the ribbon of river that winds through small agricultural plots and quiet towns huddled up against the road.
—Kyre Chenven, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2018
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Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2022
This tidy residence in the western Swiss village of Etoy was built in 1830 as a sheepfold.
—Lauren Beale, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
Later, we were married in a sheepfold overlooking the ribbon of river that winds through small agricultural plots and quiet towns huddled up against the road.
—Kyre Chenven, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2018
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“Sheepfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheepfold. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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sheepfold
noun
sheep·fold
ˈshēp-ˌfōld 
: a pen or shelter for sheep
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