Fauld

//fɔld// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of armor worn below a breastplate to protect the waist and hips. historical
  2. 2
    a piece of armor plate below the breastplate wordnet
  3. 3
    The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.

Etymology

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

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blast furnace

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