pinfold

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 239 words | Copyright

pinfold pound (later, fold) for cattle, etc. XIV. Late OE. pundfald, f. *pund POUND2 + fald FOLD1; hence in ME. and mod. dial. forms pun(d)-, po(u)nd-, but from c.1400 assoc. with pind, OE. pyndan shut up, dam, and PIN vb. enclose, bar up.

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