pinfold

Example Sentences

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His close-shaven crown, surrounded by a circle of stiff curled black hair, had something the appearance of a parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge.

From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir

I have seen, on a mountain near Callendar, a sort of pinfold, composed of immense rocks, piled upon each other, which, I was told, was anciently constructed for the above-mentioned purpose.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir

It appears that in the village there was an ancient pound or pinfold which had degenerated into an unsightly dust-heap, and the old stocks had passed into private hands.

From Vanishing England by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

I seed that one cow o' thine i' the pinfold ageän as I wur a-coomin' 'ere.

From Becket and other plays by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

The chapel has been long considered as common ground, my dear, and used for a pinfold, and what objection can we have to the man for employing what is his own to his own profit?

From My Aunt Margaret's Mirror by Scott, Walter, Sir