pinfoldとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English pinfold, punfold, punfald, variants of Middle English pundfold, pundfald, from 古期英語 pundfald (“pinfold”), equivalent to pound (“pen, enclosure”) +‎ fold.

名詞

pinfold (複数形 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.
   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XIII, xx:

     These drawing near the wood, where close ypent / The wicked sprites in sylvan pinfolds were […]

動詞

pinfold (三人称単数 現在形 pinfolds, 現在分詞 pinfolding, 過去形および過去分詞形 pinfolded)

1. (transitive) To confine (animals) in a pinfold.