/pin"fohld'/ , n.
1. a pound for stray animals.
2. a fold, as for sheep or cattle.
3. a place of confinement or restraint.
v.t.
4. to confine in or as in a pinfold.
[ 1150-1200; late ME pynfold for * pindfold, equiv. to OE pynd ( an ) to impound (deriv. of pund POUND 3 ) + FOLD 2 ; r. ME po ( u ) n ( d ) fold ( e ), late OE pundfald ]