Punfold

Punfold
1) The lord's pound for stray animals.
(Gies, Frances and Joseph. Life in a Medieval Village, 245)
2) A place for confining stray or impounded cattle, horse, etc.; a pound.
(Bennett, H.S. Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions, 1150-1400, 338)

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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  • Pinfold — This interesting surname, with variant spelling Pinfold, derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century pundfald , (medieval English punfold ), meaning a pound where stray animals were kept, and was originally given either as a metonymic… …   Surnames reference

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