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)

Oaths were not purpos'd, more than law, To keep the good and just in awe, But to confine the bad and sinful, Like moral cattle, in a pinfold.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various

Pinfold Street takes its name from the "pound" or "pinfold" that existed there prior to 1752.

From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Harman, Thomas T.

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

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