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sheephouse

sheephouse noun: a roofed enclosure for sheep.

Noun

sheephouse (plural sheephouses)

  1. A roofed enclosure for sheep.
    • The sheep are afterwards driven into an unpastured adjoining meadow, and remain there (to prevent their soiling themselves in the sheephouse) a day and night, […]1800, Transactions of the Dublin Society, page 198

Forms of sheephouse

pluralsheephouses

Origin of sheephouse

From sheep + house.

Questions about sheephouse

What does sheephouse mean?
Sheephouse means a roofed enclosure for sheep.
What part of speech is sheephouse?
Sheephouse is a noun.
What is the plural of sheephouse?
The plural of sheephouse is sheephouses.

Words near sheephouse in the dictionary

  1. sheepherders
  2. sheepherding
  3. sheephood
  4. sheephook
  5. sheephooks
  6. sheephouse
  7. sheephouses
  8. sheepier
  9. sheepies
  10. sheepiest
  11. sheepily

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