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

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fauld

Now, looking over firth and fauld, Her horn the pale-faced Cynthia rear'd, When lo! in form of Minstrel auld, A stern and stalwart ghaist appear'd.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

But fauld unto your heart, Willie, The heart that still is thine, And kiss ance mair the white, white cheek Ye said was red langsyne.

From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Carman, Bliss

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

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

‘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