pinfold
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pinfold
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From Middle English pinfold, punfold, punfald, variants of Middle English pundfold, pundfald, from Old English pundfald (“pinfold”), equivalent to pound (“pen, enclosure”) + fold.
noun pinfolds · penfold
- 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. These drawing near the wood, where close ypent / The wicked sprites in sylvan pinfolds were […]
verb pinfolds · pinfolding · pinfolded · penfold
- To confine (animals) in a pinfold.
Talk about this word "pinfold." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pinfold. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pinfold. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pinfold "pinfold." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pinfold.Cite this
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title = {pinfold},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pinfold},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
