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beild

beild noun: a place of shelter; protection; refuge.

Noun

beild (plural beilds)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.
    • This is our beild, the blust'ring winds to shun.1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, Book II, lxxxiv
    • The random beild o' clod or stane.1786, Robert Burns, To a Mountain Daisy

Forms of beild

pluralbeilds
alternative formbeeld
alternative formbield

Origin of beild

Probably from the same root as build.

Questions about beild

What does beild mean?
Beild means a place of shelter; protection; refuge.
What part of speech is beild?
Beild is a noun.
What is the plural of beild?
The plural of beild is beilds.

Words near beild in the dictionary

  1. Beijingnese
  2. beikost
  3. beikosts
  4. Beilby
  5. Beilbys
  6. beild
  7. beilds
  8. Beiler
  9. Beilers
  10. Beiles
  11. Beilfuss

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