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† ˈpitfold Obs.
[f. pit n.1 + fold n.2: cf. pinfold.]
= pitfall 1, 3 (from which it was prob. altered by popular etymology).
1575Churchyard Chippes (1817) 121 The enemy..bruted abroad we were taken in a pitfold. 1585Higins Junius' Nomenclator 245/2 Decipulum... Vn trebuchet, a pitfold, or other snare to intrap birds or beastes. 1632T. Nashe Quaternio 25 How again with Cæsar to giue an enemy passage hauing him in a straite and pitfolde, that he may take the more advantage of him in pursuit. |