pinfold

  • 11pinfold — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pundfald, from pund enclosure + fald fold Date: 13th century 1. pound II,1a 2. a place of restraint …

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  • 12Pinfold — A pen for holding stray cattle or sheep. [< OldEngl. pundfald = pund = a pound or enclosure + fald = a fold] Cf. Punder …

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  • 13pinfold — n. confinement cell, place of isolation; animal pound, place for housing stray animals …

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  • 14pinfold — historical noun a pound for stray animals. verb confine (a stray animal) in such a pound. Origin OE pundfald, from a base shared by pond and pound3 + fold2 …

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  • 15pinfold — n. [Written also Penfold.] Pound, pen …

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  • 16Pinfold — 1) The lord s pound for stray animals. (Gies, Frances and Joseph. Life in a Medieval Village, 245) 2) A place for confining stray or impounded cattle, horse, etc.; a pound. (Bennett, H.S. Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions,… …

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  • 17pinfold — pin·fold …

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  • 18pinfold — pin•fold [[t]ˈpɪnˌfoʊld[/t]] n. 1) a pound for stray animals 2) a place of confinement or restraint • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME pynfold for *pindfold= OE pynd(an) to impound (der. of pund pound III) + MEfold fold II …

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  • 19The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold — is a novel first published in 1957 by English writer Evelyn Waugh. Strong parallels may be drawn between events in the novel overtaking the eponymous protagonist, Gilbert Pinfold, and episodes in the author s own life. In fact, Waugh later… …

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  • 20Andrew Pinfold — Andrew Pinfold …

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