fauld
[ fawld ]
/ fɔld /
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noun Armor.
a piece below the breastplate, composed of lames and corresponding to the culet in back.
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Origin of fauld
Variant of fold1
Words nearby fauld
fauchard, faucial, faucial tonsil, faucitis, faugh, fauld, Faulkner, Faulknerian, Faulkner, William, fault, fault block
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Example sentences from the Web for fauld
I'll be w'ye even now, lads; saunter about, but dinna quit this great four-nooked fauld till I come back again.
The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 3 (of 3)|James HoggA morning's sleep is worth a fauld o' sheep to a hudderin dudderin daw.
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop