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1. pǒund(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: pounde
74 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) An enclosure in which distrained or stray livestock are kept, a pound; also fig.; pound breche, the illegal removal of stock from a pound; pound lien, a fee paid for the release of impounded…

2. pin-fōld n.

Additional spellings: pinfold
44 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A pound for stray or distrained livestock, pinfold; pen for animals; also fig.; ?also, the right to the use of the pinfold [quot.: (1393)]; (b) as surname; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2…