[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pound \pound\, n. as. pund an inclosure: cf. forpyndan to turn
   away, or to repress, also icel. pynda to extort, torment, ir.
   pont, pond, pound. cf. pinder, pinfold, pin to inclose,
   pond.
   1. an inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which
      cattle or other animals are confined when taken in
      trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a
      pinfold. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. a level stretch in a canal between locks.
      1913 webster

   3. fishing a kind of net, having a large inclosure with a
      narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings
      spreading outward.
      1913 webster

   pound covert, a pound that is close or covered over, as a
      shed.

   pound overt, a pound that is open overhead.
      1913 webster
see also:
pinder pinfold pin pond pound covert pound overt 

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