- pundfald
- [poond•fald] m (-es/-as) a pinfold, pound
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pundfald
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pundfald — obs. Sc. form of pinfold … Useful english dictionary
pinfold — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pundfald, from pund enclosure + fald fold Date: 13th century 1. pound II,1a 2. a place of restraint … New Collegiate Dictionary
Pinfold — Pinfold, in Medieval Britain, is an area where stray animals were rounded up if their owners failed to properly supervise their use of common grazing land. A fine had to be paid for their release. [ Patrick Brompton church and village magazine;… … Wikipedia
pinfold — /pin fohld /, n. 1. a pound for stray animals. 2. a fold, as for sheep or cattle. 3. a place of confinement or restraint. v.t. 4. to confine in or as in a pinfold. [1150 1200; late ME pynfold for *pindfold, equiv. to OE pynd(an) to impound (deriv … Universalium
pound — pound1 pounder, n. /pownd/, v.t. 1. to strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc. 2. to produce or effect by striking or thumping, or in a manner resembling this (often fol. by out): to pound out a… … Universalium
Pinfold — A pen for holding stray cattle or sheep. [< OldEngl. pundfald = pund = a pound or enclosure + fald = a fold] Cf. Punder … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Penfold — Recorded as Penfold and Pinfold, this is an English surname. It derives from the Olde English pre 7th century word pundfald , meaning a pound or walled enclosure where stray animals and sometimes vagrants and gipsies, were kept. It was originally … Surnames reference
Pinfold — This interesting surname, with variant spelling Pinfold, derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century pundfald , (medieval English punfold ), meaning a pound where stray animals were kept, and was originally given either as a metonymic… … Surnames reference
pound — English has three distinct words pound. The measure of weight and unit of currency [OE] goes back ultimately to Latin pondō ‘12 ounce weight’, a relative of pondus ‘weight’ (source of English ponder) and pendere ‘weigh’ (source of English pension … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
pound — {{11}}pound (n.1) measure of weight, O.E. pund, from W.Gmc. stem *punda pound as a measure of weight (Cf. Goth. pund, O.H.G. pfunt, Ger. Pfund, M.Du. pont, O.Fris., O.N. pund), early borrowing from L. pondo pound, originally in libra pondo … Etymology dictionary
