transitive. To enclose, confine; to shut up in an enclosure; to pen.

transitive. To shut up (sheep, etc.) in a fold, to pen; occasionally with up; also absol. Of hurdles: To serve for penning. (In Old English once in…

To take, receive, or put into a house. transitive (frequently in passive). To provide (a person or animal) with a house; (also) to place, keep, or…

transitive. To shut up or enclose (livestock) in a pinfold. Also figurative: to confine within narrow limits.

transitive. To confine or shut up (sheep, cattle, poultry, etc.); to put into or keep in a pen. Also with up.

To shut up (sheep, etc.) in a fold.

transitive. To shut in a pen or fold. (See also impent, adj.)

transitive. To bring or drive (livestock) into a stockyard.

Scottish. To conduct (sheep or cattle) gradually to the fold or other enclosure. Also with in, up.

transitive. To enclose (cattle, etc.) in a yard. Also with up.

transitive. Originally Australian. To drive (cattle, horses, etc.) into a place where they may be captured or handled.

To shut up in, or as in, a corral; to confine.

transitive. To shut up (livestock) in a paddock or similar enclosure; (hence) to provide with pasturage. Frequently in passive.

transitive. To enclose in a kraal or stockade.