penning

Variant of pen

pen definition

pen (pen)

noun

  1. a small yard or enclosure for domestic animals
  2. the animals so confined
  3. any small enclosure

Etymology: ME < OE penn, prob. akin to pinn, pin

transitive verb penned or pent, penning pen′·ning

to confine or enclose in or as in a pen

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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