1589. Greene, Menaphon (Arb.), 44. So long we … forget our labours, that both our flockes shall be vnfolded.
1641. Best, Farm. Bks. (Surtees), 14. Men cannot leave their sheepe unfolded soe longe as there is any corne in the field.
1832. J. Bree, St. Herbert’s Isle, 81. Th’ unfolded flocks that o’er them bleat.
1856. Mrs. Browning, Aur. Leigh, II. 602. A lamb’s small shadow…, Unred, unfolded!
