pinfold
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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.
[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
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