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单词 penfold
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penfoldn.

Brit. /ˈpɛnfəʊld/, U.S. /ˈpɛnˌfoʊld/
Forms: see pen n.2 and fold n.2
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pen n.2, fold n.2
Etymology: < pen n.2 + fold n.2 Compare earlier pinfold n.
Now rare.
A fold or pound for penning sheep or cattle; an enclosure for stray livestock; = pinfold n. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > enclosure > fold or pen > pound
pinfolda1170
penfold1382
pounda1425
pound open1530
pound close1567
poind1643
green yard1690
flat-house1698
1382 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 95 (MED) [The barton of the court, the] penfald, [ways and paths within the manor].
1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 97v Who is betrapt, in penfold cloes is suer At need to want..boeth ayd and skowts.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xlvii. 95 I never had in my Pen-folds above 500 Sheep.
1805 H. J. Pye & S. J. Arnold Prior Claim 67 Having, like sheep, within one penfold fenc'd ye, To-night two Authors set their wits against ye.
1832 Act 2 & 3 William IV c. 64 Sched. O. 30 Thence in a straight line to the southern extremity, close by a penfold, of the fence which divides the two fields.
1871 A. C. Swinburne Halt before Rome in Songs before Sunrise 275 The sheep of the priests, and the cattle That feed in the penfolds of Kings.
1932 T. E. Lawrence tr. Homer Odyssey xv His feet sped him inland to the penfold where slept his swarms of swine about their herdsman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

penfoldv.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: penfold n.
Etymology: < penfold n.
Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To divide into or as into penfolds.
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the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > be or make interjacent [verb (transitive)] > partition or form a partition > to form compartments
penfold1830
to pound off1873
1830 Eclectic Rev. Oct. 288 The lower area was penfolded by pews.
2. transitive. To confine in a penfold (figurative in quot.).
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)]
beloukOE
loukOE
sparc1175
pena1200
bepen?c1225
pind?c1225
prison?c1225
spearc1300
stopc1315
restraina1325
aclosec1350
forbara1375
reclosea1382
ward1390
enclose1393
locka1400
reclusea1400
pinc1400
sparc1430
hamperc1440
umbecastc1440
murea1450
penda1450
mew?c1450
to shut inc1460
encharter1484
to shut up1490
bara1500
hedge1549
hema1552
impound1562
strain1566
chamber1568
to lock up1568
coop1570
incarcerate1575
cage1577
mew1581
kennel1582
coop1583
encagea1586
pound1589
imprisonc1595
encloister1596
button1598
immure1598
seclude1598
uplock1600
stow1602
confine1603
jail1604
hearse1608
bail1609
hasp1620
cub1621
secure1621
incarcera1653
fasten1658
to keep up1673
nun1753
mope1765
quarantine1804
peg1824
penfold1851
encoop1867
oubliette1884
jigger1887
corral1890
maroon1904
to bang up1950
to lock down1971
1851 I. Taylor Wesley & Methodism 105 Those partitionments within which soulless religionists are content to be penfolded.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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