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单词 pinfold
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pin•fold  (pin′fōld′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a pound for stray animals.
  2. Animal Husbandrya fold, as for sheep or cattle.
  3. a place of confinement or restraint.

v.t. 
  1. to confine in or as in a pinfold.
  • 1150–1200; late Middle English pynfold for *pindfold, equivalent. to Old English pynd(an) to impound (derivative of pund pound3) + fold2; replacing Middle English po(u)n(d)fold(e), late Old English pundfald

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pinfold /ˈpɪnˌfəʊld/ n
  1. a pound for stray cattle
 vb
  1. (transitive) to gather or confine in or as if in a pinfold
Etymology: Old English pundfald, from pound³ + fold²
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