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Pinhold vs Pinfold - What's the difference?

pinhold | pinfold |

As nouns the difference between pinhold and pinfold

is that pinhold is a place where a pin is fixed while pinfold is 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.

As a verb pinfold is

to confine animals in a pinfold.

pinhold

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A place where a pin is fixed.
    • (Webster 1913)

    pinfold

    English

    (wikipedia pinfold)

    Alternative forms

    * penfold

    Noun

    (en 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.
  • *1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XIII, xx:
  • *:These drawing near the wood, where close ypent / The wicked sprites in sylvan pinfolds were

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To confine animals in a pinfold.