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pinfold

N คอก สัตว์ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PINFOLD

n.[pin or pen and fold; Eng. to pound. ] A place in which beasts are confined. We now call it a pound.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PINFOLD

Pin "fold `, n. Etym: [For pindfold. See Pinder, Pound an inclosure, and Fold an inclosure. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pinfold

pin fold |ˈpinˌfōld ˈpɪnˌfoʊld | historical noun a pound for stray animals. verb [ with obj. ] confine (a stray animal ) in such a pound. ORIGIN late Old English pundfald, from a base shared by pond and pound 3 + fold 2 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

pinfold

pinfold |ˈpɪnfəʊld | historical noun a pound for stray animals. verb [ with obj. ] confine (a stray animal ) in a pinfold. ORIGIN late Old English pundfald, from a base shared by pond and pound 3 + fold 2 .