IMPOUNDMENT


Meaning of IMPOUNDMENT in English

/im pownd"meuhnt/ , n.

1. a body of water confined within an enclosure, as a reservoir.

2. the act of impounding: the impoundment of alien property.

3. the condition of being impounded.

Also, impoundage .

[ 1655-65; IMPOUND + -MENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .