Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A dialectal (Scotch) form of
fold . - noun A dialectal (Scotch) form of
fold . Specifically - noun The tymp-arch or working-arch of a furnace.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a piece of
armor worn below abreastplate to protect the waist and hips. - noun The arch over the dam of a
blast furnace ; the tymp arch.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a piece of armor plate below the breastplate
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Examples
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However a shepherd named Reeve slipped the sheep over the fauld dyke.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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When the sheep are in the fauld, when the cows come hame,
Letter 234 2009
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Minister requirit of the Elderis if they knew aney peices of land within the paroche that was calit the goodmane's land or fauld, or dedicated to Satane, or lattine by unlabourit.
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When the sheep are in the fauld, and the kye 's come hame,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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At the fauld on the mountain the shepherd lay dead.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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They sed yer was ane peice land in Brogane calit Garlet or guidman's fauld, within
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When the sheep are in the fauld, and the kye at hame,
Old Ballads Various
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Kirkton of St Vigeans, with the muir-fauld and the toft of St Vigeans, and a piece of common land lying to the south of the church.
The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics Alexander F. Mitchell
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The sheep are lyin 'close in the safely guarded fauld;
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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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.
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