pinfold

noun

An enclosure where stray animals are confined.

transitive verb

To confine in or as if in a pinfold.

noun

A place in which stray cattle are temporarily confined; a pound.

noun

A fold or inclosure for animals.

To confine in a pound or pinfold; impound.

noun

A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold.

noun

An open enclosure for animals, especially an area where stray animals were rounded up if their owners failed to properly supervise their use of common grazing land.

verb

To confine animals in a pinfold.

noun

a pen where stray animals are confined