English Explanatory Dictionary

pinfold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
verb
  1. To confine (animals) in a pinfold.

Word forms

pinfold pinfolds penfold pinfolding pinfolded

Etymology

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

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