pinfold
(noun) a pen where stray animals are confined
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pinfold (plural pinfolds)
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.
pinfold (third-person singular simple present pinfolds, present participle pinfolding, simple past and past participle pinfolded)
(transitive) To confine (animals) in a pinfold.
Source: Wiktionary
Pin"fold`, n. Etym: [For pindfold. See Pinder, Pound an inclosure, and Fold an inclosure.]
Definition: A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold. Shak. A parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
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