| 单词 | pinfold |
| 例句 | For then she must think of the cow’s fodder and of the herdsman’s hire, flatter the heyward, defend herself when her cattle is shut up in the pinfold and moreover pay the damage. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the next thing they did find Was a bull-calf in a pinfold, an' that too they left behind. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 September 23, 1893 2012-01-27T03:00:21.910Z And, as to Cromwell, the people's shepherd has need to keep good count and careful watch; for wolves and foxes in sheep's clothing break into the pinfolds, kill and devour. The Buccaneer A Tale He was a servant of corruption, holding a candle to disorderly walkers and happy sinners on their way into the devil's pinfold. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 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. Stories of New Jersey Its earlier meaning is to hamper or entangle— "Confined and pestered in this pinfold here." The Romance of Words (4th ed.) The cottage at one corner of the Pool is the ancient pinfold, and the rent of it was paid to the lord of the manor. Recollections of Old Liverpool It meant no more than inconveniently crowded; thus Milton: “Confined and pestered in this pinfold here”. English Past and Present Why, they must have been fairly starved on purpose; nay, they must have been in the pinfold all the time he had been laid up. Stories of Comedy This line is attributive to ‘men.’ pestered ... pinfold, crowded together in this cramped space, the Earth. Milton's Comus 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. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations 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. Vanishing England Pinfold Street takes its name from the "pound" or "pinfold" that existed there prior to 1752. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically 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. 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 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. Ivanhoe 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. Hudibras Seldom, since that of the Caudine Forks, did any Army, by ill-luck and ill-guidance, get into such a pinfold,—death or flat surrender seemingly their one alternative. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 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? My Aunt Margaret's Mirror If I had thee in Lipsbury pinfold, I would make thee care for me. King Lear Hatted Herault leads his distressed flock, through their pinfold of a Tuileries again; across the Garden, to the Gate on the opposite side. The French Revolution |
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