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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To confine (animals) in a pinfold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a pen where stray animals are confined
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pen
History
From Middle English pinfold, punfold, punfald, variants of Middle English pundfold, pundfald, from Old English pundfald (“pinfold”), equivalent to pound (“pen, enclosure”) + fold.
