sheephouse

S1H4E1E1P3H4O1U1S1E1

noun

A roofed enclosure for sheep.

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Meanings

nounsheephouse (plural sheephouses)

plural sheephouses

  1. agricultureA 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

Origin

From sheep + house.

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APA

sheephouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheephouse

MLA

“sheephouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheephouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sheephouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheephouse.

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