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

‘I heard a cow low, a bonnie cow low, An’ a cow low down in yon fauld; Lang, lang will my young son greet Or his mither take him frae cauld.

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank

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

A morning's sleep is worth a fauld o' sheep to a hudderin dudderin daw.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

Yet 'mid the drift, wert thou but nigh, I 'd fauld my weary e'e, Mary; And deem the wild and raging storm, A laverock's sang o' glee, Mary.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

The roses fauld their silken leaves, The foxglove shuts its bell; The honeysuckle and the birk Spread fragrance through the dell.—

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert