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pinfold

Noun, Verb (transitive)

pin=fold

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pinfold, n. [For pindfold. See Pinder, Pound an inclosure, and Fold an inclosure.].

A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold. Shak. [1913 Webster]

"A parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge." [1913 Webster]

pinfold, n. & v.
--n. a pound for stray cattle etc.
--v.tr. confine (cattle) in a pinfold.

Etymology

OE pundfald (as POUND(3), FOLD(2))

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