Saturday, October 24, 2009

Pinfold

Pinfold: Pinfold shares its etymology and semantics with pound - both being enclosures to contain stray animals.
The wooden pinfold nearest to the hut was large enough to contain a flock of sheep. ... Several older pinfolds lay some distance away, made of rough stone walling which had been collapsed in places.
A Book for Today: Company of Liars by Karen Maitland

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