n. 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.
v. To confine animals in a pinfold.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A place in which stray cattle are temporarily confined; a pound.
n. A fold or inclosure for animals.
To confine in a pound or pinfold; impound.
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n. a pen where stray animals are confined
Word Usage
""pinfold," made by driving stakes into the sand so as to inclose a circular space about six feet in diameter."