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   pen

   /pɛn/

   noun

   • 1. a small enclosure in which sheep, pigs, or other farm animals are kept: "a sheep pen"
   • ▪ a number of animals in or sufficient to fill a pen: "a pen of twenty-five Cheviots"
   • ▪ any small enclosure in which someone or something can be confined: "she took the baby out of the pen and played with it"
   • ▪ a covered dock for a submarine or other warship: "U-boat pens"
   • 2. (in the West Indies) a farm or plantation.

   verb

   • 1. put or keep (an animal) in a pen: "it was the practice to pen the sheep for clipping"
   • ▪ confine someone in a restricted space: "they had been penned up day and night in the house"

   Word Origin Old Englishpenn, of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

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