"Pound" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

1. A place, inclosed by public authority, for the temporary detent ion of stray animals. Harriman j. Fifleld, 36 Vt. 345; wooley v. Groton, 2 Cush. (Mass.) 308

To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break
into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to
pound spice or salt.

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine
pounds.

of Pound

A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to
twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is
no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same
value.

To strike heavy blows; to beat.

A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard
consisting of an established number of ounces.

A level stretch in a canal between locks.

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

To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.

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.