What is "goatherds"

Usage examples of "goatherds".

The pipes under pent of the crag, Where the goatherds in piping recline, Have whimsical stops, burst and flag Uncorrected as outstretched swine: For the fingers are slack and unsure, And the wind issues querulous:- thorns And snakes!

I received a number of suggestions, but most were for goatherds who lived in the hills behind Buckkeep.

The shepherds and goatherds, who, like those of old, lay cloaked upon the ground, and tended their flocks by night, did not trouble to raise their heads.