chield

English

Alternative forms

• chiel, childe

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots chield, apparently a variant form of child retained in specific senses.

Noun

chield (plural chields)

1. (Scotland) A man; a fellow, chap.
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 196:

     Kinraddie fair seethed with the news next day, all about the attack on the Mill and how Rob had chased the childes that came up against him […].

Anagrams

• chelid, childe

Scots

Alternative forms

• chiel, cheel

Etymology

Apparently a variant form of child.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃild/

Noun

chield (plural chields)

1. child
   • 1786, Robert Burns, Address To The Toothache:

     O thou grim, mischief-making chiel

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. man, fellow, chap
3. young woman