pinfold

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

From King Lear by Shakespeare, William

Then the bush was driven down into the opening; and all that it was necessary to do, was to dip into the pinfold and take out great handfuls of fish.

From Stories of New Jersey by Stockton, Frank Richard

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