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Meaning of PINFOLD

Pronunciation:  'pin`fowld

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a pen where stray animals are confined
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pin"fold`\, n. [For pindfold. See {Pinder}, {Pound} an
inclosure, and {Fold} an inclosure.]
A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are
confined; a pound; a penfold. --Shak.
      A parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge. --Sir W.
                                               Scott.
 

 

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