pinfold

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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 […]
动词 v.
  1. To confine (animals) in a pinfold. transitive

词形变化

pinfolds plural penfold alternative pinfolds present,singular,third-person pinfolding participle,present pinfolded participle,past pinfolded past penfold alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English pinfold, punfold, punfald, variants of Middle English pundfold, pundfald, from Old English pundfald (“pinfold”), equivalent to pound (“pen, enclosure”) + fold.
词源 2
From Middle English pinfold, punfold, punfald, variants of Middle English pundfold, pundfald, from Old English pundfald (“pinfold”), equivalent to pound (“pen, enclosure”) + fold.
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