sheep-cot

She had desired her daughter to treat the young man as a wolf, and as a wolf he had been hounded off from her little sheep-cot.

Rachel Ray 1863

She had desired her daughter to treat the young man as a wolf, and as a wolf he had been hounded off from her little sheep-cot.

Rachel Ray, volume 2 1863

The clouds were flying swiftly past, tinging with their shadows the mountains beneath; the Munster shore, glowing with a rich sunlight, showed every sheep-cot and every hedge-row clearly out, while the deep shadow of tall Scariff darkened the silent river where Holy Island, with its ruined churches and melancholy tower, was reflected in the still water.

Charles O'Malley — Volume 2 Charles James Lever 1839

I have seen others, which, after having been warmly chased for two hours, have entered a sheep-cot, through the little opening under the door, and remained among the cattle.

Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match 1835

With all which so great and terrible ostentation, they did not, in all their sailing about England, so much as sink or take one ship, bark, pinnace, or cock-boat of ours, or ever burnt so much as one sheep-cot of this land.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784

"Half blin 'wi' the nicht an 'the snaw an' his ain tears, he cam at last to the door o 'the sheep-cot.

Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864