'Impounding' definitions:
Definition of 'impounding'
(from WordNet)
noun
Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law [syn: impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage]
Definition of 'Impounding'
From: GCIDE
- Impound \Im*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impounding.] To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of some authority such as police or a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound an illegally parked car; to impound a document for safe keeping. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. --Shak. [1913 Webster]