pinfold

pin·fold

 (pĭn′fōld′)

n.

An enclosure where stray animals are confined; a pound.

tr.v. pin·fold·ed, pin·fold·ing, pin·folds

To confine in or as if in a pinfold.

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[Middle English pynfold, alteration of Old English pundfald : pund-, enclosure + fald, fold.]

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pinfold

(ˈpɪnˌfəʊld)

n

(Agriculture)

a. a pound for stray cattle

b. a fold or pen for sheep or cattle

vb

(Agriculture) (tr) to gather or confine in or as if in a pinfold

[Old English pundfald, from pound³ + fold²]

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pin•fold

(ˈpɪnˌfoʊld)

n.

1. a pound for stray animals.

2. a place of confinement or restraint.

[1400–50; late Middle English pynfold for *pindfold= Old English pynd(an) to impound (derivative of pund pound³) + Middle English fold fold²]

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pinfold

Past participle: pinfolded
Gerund: pinfolding

Imperative

pinfold

pinfold

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pinfold - a pen where stray animals are confined pen - an enclosure for confining livestock

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