Definition of pinfold Pinfold

pin•fold

We found 6 definitions of pinfold from 5 different sources.

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What does pinfold mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: pinfolds

pinfold - a pen where stray animals are confined
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  • pinfold (Noun)
    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.
  • pinfold (Verb)
    To confine animals in a pinfold.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • pinfold (n.)
    A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • pinfold
    pin′fōld, n. a pound or enclosure for cattle.—v.t. to impound. [For pind-fold=pound-fold.]

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