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pinfold

noun

Etymology

From Middle English pinfold, punfold, punfald, variants of Middle English pundfold, pundfald, from Old English pundfald (“pinfold”), equivalent to pound (“pen, enclosure”) + fold.

  1. inherited from pundfald — “pinfold”
  2. inherited from pundfold
  3. inherited from pinfold

Definitions

  1. An open enclosure for animals, especially an area where stray animals were rounded up if…

    An open enclosure for animals, especially an area where stray animals were rounded up if their owners failed to properly supervise their use of common grazing land.

    • These drawing near the wood, where close ypent / The wicked sprites in sylvan pinfolds were […]
    • A little further along the road is the pinfold where stray animals were penned until claimed by their owners.

  2. To confine (animals) in a pinfold.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA