pinfold Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a pen where stray animals are confined

WordNet

Pin"fold` noun
Etymology
For pindfold. See Pinder, Pound an inclosure, and Fold an inclosure.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913