pinfold
noun, verb
pinfold is spelled P-I-N-F-O-L-D: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pinfold means “An open enclosure for animals, especially an area where stray animals were rounded up if their owners failed to properly supervise their use of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pinfold is pinfolds.
How many letters and syllables are in pinfold?
| Letters | 7: P-I-N-F-O-L-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is pinfold?
Pinfold appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of pinfold
- pinfolds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- penfold
- pinfolding participle, present
- pinfolded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pinfold mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An open enclosure for animals, especially an area where stray animals were rounded up if their owners failed to properly supervise their use of common grazing land.
These drawing near the wood, where close ypent / The wicked sprites in sylvan pinfolds were […]
verb
- 1
To confine (animals) in a pinfold.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pinfold come from?
From Middle English pinfold, punfold, punfald, variants of Middle English pundfold, pundfald, from Old English pundfald (“pinfold”), equivalent to pound (“pen, enclosure”) + fold.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).