FOLD

Fold. Fold
An enclosure for flocks to rest together (Isa. 13:20). Sheep-folds are mentioned Num. 32:16, 24, 36; 2 Sam. 7:8; Zeph. 2:6; John 10:1, etc. It was prophesied of the cities of Ammon (Ezek. 25:5), Aroer (Isa. 17:2), and Judaea, that they would be folds or couching-places for flocks. “Among the pots,” of the Authorized Version (Ps. 68:13), is rightly in the Revised Version, “among the sheepfolds.”

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fold. Fold, n. a double or plait, pen for sheep, flock

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Fold (fōld), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Folded; p. pr. & vb. n. Folding.] [[OE. folden, falden, AS. fealdan; akin to OHG. faltan, faldan, G. falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw. fålla, Goth. falþan, cf. Gr. δι-πλάσιοσ twofold, Skr. puṭa a fold. Cf. Fauteuil.]] 1. 1. To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.
As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. Heb. i. 12. 2. 2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.
3. 3. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.
A face folded in sorrow. J. Webster. We will descend and fold him in our arms. Shak. 4. 4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. Shak.