DCHP-1 Online
pound ((n.)) 
1a n. Hist. an enclosure or trap into which deer or caribou were driven for slaughtering by the Indians. Also spelled pond.
See also: deer-pound
1b n. Hist. an enclosure, corral, or large trap into which the Indians drove buffalo in order to slaughter them.
See also: buffalo pound
2 n. Hist. a place where Plains Indians slaughtered buffalo by stampeding them over a precipice.