fauld

American  

[fawld] / fɔld /

noun

Armor.

1. a piece below the breastplate, composed of lames and corresponding to the culet in back.

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Etymology

Origin of fauld

Variant of fold ¹

Example Sentences

In various parts of the country there were "the goodmane's land and the guidman's fauld," to cultivate which it was supposed would be followed by dire calamities.

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist

May he whase arms shall fauld thy charms Possess a leal and true heart!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

My daddie's na doylt, tho' he's auld,   The winnock is pawkie an' gleg; When the lammies are pit i' the fauld,   They're fear'd that I'm aff to my Meg.

From Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems by Crawford, Isabella Valancy

May he whose arms shall fauld thy charms Possess a leal and true heart; To him be given to ken the heaven He grasps in Polly Stewart.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

He's ta'en her by the middle jimp, And by the grass-green sleeve; He's lifted her over the fauld dyke, And speer'd at her sma' leave.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir