PINFOLD


Meaning of PINFOLD in English

/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 ]

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