Pinfold Definition

pĭnfōld
pinfolds
noun
A place where stray cattle, etc. are confined.
Webster's New World
verb
To confine in or as if in a pinfold.
American Heritage

To confine animals in a pinfold.

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Other Word Forms of Pinfold

Noun

Singular:
pinfold
Plural:
pinfolds

Origin of Pinfold

  • Middle English pynfold alteration of Old English pundfald pund- enclosure fald fold

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • pen +"Ž fold

    From Wiktionary

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