pinfold

Example Sentences

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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)

It meant no more than inconveniently crowded; thus Milton: “Confined and pestered in this pinfold here”.

From English Past and Present by Palmer, Abram Smythe

Hatted Herault leads his distressed flock, through their pinfold of a Tuileries again; across the Garden, to the Gate on the opposite side.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

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

If I had thee in Lipsbury pinfold, I would make thee care for me.

From King Lear by Shakespeare, William