noun (plural sheep) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scēap; akin to Old High German scāf sheep Date: before 12th century any of various hollow-horned typically gregarious ruminant mammals (genus Ovis ) related to the goats but stockier and lacking a beard in the male,
2. a timid defenseless creature, a timid docile person, leather prepared from the skins of sheep ; sheepskin
