Associations to the word «Pinfold»

Wiktionary

PINFOLD, noun. 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.
PINFOLD, verb. (transitive) To confine animals in a pinfold.

Dictionary definition

PINFOLD, noun. A pen where stray animals are confined.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats