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pinfolds

pinfolds is the plural of pinfold.

pinfolds is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.
    • These drawing near the wood, where close ypent / The wicked sprites in sylvan pinfolds were […]1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XIII, xx

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Questions about pinfolds

What is pinfolds the plural of?
Pinfolds is the plural of pinfold.

Words near pinfolds in the dictionary

  1. pinfish
  2. pinfishes
  3. pinfold
  4. pinfolded
  5. pinfolding
  6. pinfolds
  7. ping
  8. ping pong
  9. ping pong ball
  10. ping pong balls
  11. ping pong player

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