1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen. Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. Milton.
2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as,
Christ's fold.
There shall be one fold and one shepherd. John x. 16.
The very whitest lamb in all my fold. Tennyson.
3. A boundary; a limit. [Obs.] Creech. Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle.
FOLD
Fold, v. t.
Defn: To confine in a fold, as sheep.
FOLD
Fold, v. i.
Defn: To confine sheep in a fold. [R.]
The star that bids the shepherd fold. Milton.
FOLDAGE
Fold"age, ( n. Etym: [See Fold inclosure, Faldage.] (O.Eng.Law.)
Defn: See Faldage.
FOLDER
Fold"er, n.