"pinfold" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pinfolds [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English pinfold, punfold, punfald, variants of Middle English pundfold, pundfald, from Old English pundfald (“pinfold”), equivalent to pound (“pen, enclosure”) + fold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pinfold}} Middle English pinfold, {{m|enm|punfold}} punfold, {{m|enm|punfald}} punfald, {{inh|en|enm|pundfold}} Middle English pundfold, {{m|enm|pundfald}} pundfald, {{inh|en|ang|pundfald|t=pinfold}} Old English pundfald (“pinfold”), {{af|en|pound|fold|nocat=1|t1=pen, enclosure}} pound (“pen, enclosure”) + fold Head templates: {{en-noun}} pinfold (plural pinfolds)
  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.
    Sense id: en-pinfold-en-noun-5UxDzqce Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: penfold

Verb

Forms: pinfolds [present, singular, third-person], pinfolding [participle, present], pinfolded [participle, past], pinfolded [past]
Etymology: From Middle English pinfold, punfold, punfald, variants of Middle English pundfold, pundfald, from Old English pundfald (“pinfold”), equivalent to pound (“pen, enclosure”) + fold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pinfold}} Middle English pinfold, {{m|enm|punfold}} punfold, {{m|enm|punfald}} punfald, {{inh|en|enm|pundfold}} Middle English pundfold, {{m|enm|pundfald}} pundfald, {{inh|en|ang|pundfald|t=pinfold}} Old English pundfald (“pinfold”), {{af|en|pound|fold|nocat=1|t1=pen, enclosure}} pound (“pen, enclosure”) + fold Head templates: {{en-verb}} pinfold (third-person singular simple present pinfolds, present participle pinfolding, simple past and past participle pinfolded)
  1. (transitive) To confine (animals) in a pinfold. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pinfold-en-verb-iwwol6Rx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: penfold

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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