fauld
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#FAULDCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#FAULD fold (“enclosure”). Doublet of foldCategory:English doublets#FAULD.
Pronunciation
Noun
fauld (plural faulds)Category:English lemmas#FAULDCategory:English nouns#FAULDCategory:English countable nouns#FAULDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FAULDCategory:Pages with entries#FAULDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FAULD
- (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#FAULD) A piece of armor worn below a breastplate to protect the waist and hips.
- The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.
Further reading
- “fauld”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “fauld”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
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