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† ˈpinlock1 Obs. [app. for *pindlock, f. pind v. + lock n.2] A poundmaster's fee for pinding or impounding beasts.
c1700Kennett MS. Lansd. 1033 lf. 307 b/1 In these mid⁓land parts the money..given to the Hayward or to any Person who locks and unlocks the pound gate is called Pinne-Lock, Pyn-Lock. 1884Redstone in N. & Q. 6th Ser. (1884) X. 197/2 The pinlock, or pinder's fee, is regulated by an Act of Philip and Mary at fourpence for any number of cattle impounded, which custom has made into one of fourpence for each head. |