sheephook
sheephook noun: crook, a staff used by shepherds.
Noun
sheephook (plural sheephooks)
- crook, a staff used by shepherds
- You then shall for my fake this sheephook keep,
Adorn'd with Brass[…]a. 1701, John Dryden, The Fifth Eclogue Daphnis - O'er both their marks it flew; till fiercely flung From Polypoetes' arm the discus sung: Far as a swain his whirling sheephook throws, That distant falls among the grazing cows, So past them all the rapid circle flies: His friends, while loud applauses shake the skies, With force conjoin'd heave...1720, Alexander Pope, The Iliad of Homer, published 1899
- You then shall for my fake this sheephook keep,
sheephook meaning in Tamil
sheephook in Tamil
- இடையர் வளைகோல்
Forms of sheephook
| plural | sheephooks |
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Origin of sheephook
From sheep + hook.
Questions about sheephook
- What does sheephook mean?
- Sheephook means crook, a staff used by shepherds.
- What is sheephook in Tamil?
- Sheephook in Tamil is இடையர் வளைகோல். See Sheephook meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sheephook?
- Sheephook is a noun.
- What is the plural of sheephook?
- The plural of sheephook is sheephooks.
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