资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. A level stretch in a canal between locks.

   3. (Fishing) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a
      narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings
      spreading outward.

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

   {Pound overt}, a pound that is open overhead.