FOLD (4)

Fold, n. [[OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod.]] 1. 1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. Milton. 2. 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. 3. A boundary; a limit. Creech.
Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle.