falda
[ fol-duh ]
/ ˈfɒl də /
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noun
a white silk vestment extending from the waist to the ground, worn over the cassock by the pope on solemn occasions.
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Origin of falda
<Italian <Germanic; see fold1
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Example sentences from the Web for falda
Drummond turned in saddle as they rode forth upon the dark falda and gazed long and fixedly at the trooper by his side.
Foes in Ambush|Charles KingSix-fifteen:—Barclay and his corporal were but dots along the falda now, and moving swiftly.
A Trooper Galahad|Charles KingTha drêi as et ljucht fon êr tore vppet ronddêl falda, sa-r that al fêlo wêpende manna wra burchwal wêron.
The Oera Linda Book|AnonymousIt keeps close to the foot of the range, the falda, and enables farmers to settle on it.
The Argentine Republic|Pierre Denis