confiner

Noun

 * 1) One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
 * 2) * 2016, “’ Investigation Leads to Animal Cruelty Charges for ,” Press Release dated 4 December, 2016,
 * The undercover investigation exposed inadequate treatment, housing, and care of marine mammals at Marineland, the world’s largest confiner of beluga whales.
 * 1) * 2016, “’ Investigation Leads to Animal Cruelty Charges for ,” Press Release dated 4 December, 2016,
 * The undercover investigation exposed inadequate treatment, housing, and care of marine mammals at Marineland, the world’s largest confiner of beluga whales.
 * The undercover investigation exposed inadequate treatment, housing, and care of marine mammals at Marineland, the world’s largest confiner of beluga whales.

Noun

 * 1) A person who lives on the confines, boundary or edge; a neighbour.
 * 2) * 1599,, The Civil Wars of England, Book 1, Stanza 18, in Poeticall Essayes, London: Simon Waterson, p.4,
 * So did the worldes proud Mistres Rome at first
 * Striue with a hard beginning, warr’d with need;
 * Forcing her strong Confiners to the worst,
 * And in her bloud her greatnes first did breed:
 * 1) * 1697,, The Intrigues of Versailles, London: F. Saunders et al., Act IV, Scene 2, p.,
 * darkness is naturally a confiner of fancy; and my Muse has taught me just as people do Starlings: I sing always best when I’ve least light
 * 1) A person who lives within the confines; an inhabitant.
 * 2) A prisoner incarcerated for a set term.
 * 3) * 1819,, Notes on a Visit Made to Some of the Prisons in Scotland and the North of England in Company with , London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, p.64,
 * Lancaster Castle contains two classes of prisoners; first, the untried, and those sentenced to death or transportation; and secondly, confiners,—persons sent hither for terms of imprisonment and labour.
 * 1) A prisoner incarcerated for a set term.
 * 2) * 1819,, Notes on a Visit Made to Some of the Prisons in Scotland and the North of England in Company with , London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, p.64,
 * Lancaster Castle contains two classes of prisoners; first, the untried, and those sentenced to death or transportation; and secondly, confiners,—persons sent hither for terms of imprisonment and labour.
 * Lancaster Castle contains two classes of prisoners; first, the untried, and those sentenced to death or transportation; and secondly, confiners,—persons sent hither for terms of imprisonment and labour.

Verb

 * 1) to confine
 * 2) to border (on)