pinfold

[ pin-fohld ]
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noun
  1. a pound for stray animals.

  2. a fold, as for sheep or cattle.

  1. a place of confinement or restraint.

verb (used with object)
  1. to confine in or as in a pinfold.

Origin of pinfold

1
1150–1200; late Middle English pynfold for *pindfold, equivalent to Old English pynd(an) to impound (derivative of pundpound3) + fold2; replacing Middle English po(u)n(d)fold(e), late Old English pundfald

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British Dictionary definitions for pinfold

pinfold

/ (ˈpɪnˌfəʊld) /


noun
    • a pound for stray cattle

    • a fold or pen for sheep or cattle

verb
  1. (tr) to gather or confine in or as if in a pinfold

Origin of pinfold

1
Old English pundfald, from pound ³ + fold ²

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