Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pinfold"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pinfold \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

pinfold
n : a pen where stray animals are confined


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