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pinfold
English
Alternative forms
- penfold
Etymology
From Middle English pinfold, punfold, punfald, variants of Middle English pundfold, pundfald, from Old English pundfald (“pinfold”), equivalent to pound (“pen, enclosure”) +? fold.
Noun
pinfold (plural pinfolds)
- 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.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XIII, xx:
- These drawing near the wood, where close ypent / The wicked sprites in sylvan pinfolds were […]
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XIII, xx:
Verb
pinfold (third-person singular simple present pinfolds, present participle pinfolding, simple past and past participle pinfolded)
- (transitive) To confine (animals) in a pinfold.
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pinhold
English
Etymology
pin +? hold
Noun
pinhold (plural pinholds)
- A place where a pin is fixed.
- The attachment formed by pinning something in place.
- An attachment mechanism made up of a small hole into which a pin is inserted.
- (wrestling, professional wrestling) A hold in which the opponent is pinned to the mat.
Anagrams
- Dolphin, dolphin
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