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penfold

penfold is the alternative spelling of pinfold.

Meaning of pinfold

Noun

pinfold (plural pinfolds)

  1. 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.
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Proper noun capitalized: Penfold

Penfold (plural Penfolds)

  1. A surname.

Forms of penfold

Noun
pluralpenfolds
Proper noun
pluralPenfolds
alternative formPennifold

Origin of penfold

From pen + fold.

From penfold, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a pound for stray animals.

Questions about penfold

What does penfold mean?
Penfold means a surname.
What is penfold the alternative spelling of?
Penfold is the alternative spelling of pinfold.
What part of speech is penfold?
Penfold is a proper noun.

Words near penfold in the dictionary

  1. Penfields
  2. penfish
  3. penfishes
  4. penfluridol
  5. penflutizide
  6. penfold
  7. penfolds
  8. penfriend
  9. penfriends
  10. penfriendship
  11. penfriendships

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Adapted from Wiktionary: penfold (page history and authors); Penfold (page history and authors); pinfold (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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