noun
- enclosures for confining stray animals, especially livestock
Usage: archaic; British
Examples
- The village maintained several pinfolds to hold wandering cattle.
- Stray sheep were kept in the pinfolds until their owners claimed them.
- The old stone pinfolds still stand in some English villages.
- Farmers had to pay a fee to retrieve animals from the pinfolds.
- The pinfolds were usually located near the village center.
- Historical records show that pinfolds were common in medieval England.