fauld

English

Etymology

From Middle English fold (“enclosure”). Doublet of fold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔld/

Noun

fauld (plural faulds)

1. (historical) A piece of armor worn below a breastplate to protect the waist and hips.
2. 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

• Fulda, udalf