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fauld

/fɔld/

fauld noun: a piece of armor worn below a breastplate to protect the waist and hips.

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.

fauld meaning in Bengali

fauld in Bengali

টেম্প খিলান

Forms of fauld

pluralfaulds

Origin of fauld

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

Questions about fauld

What does fauld mean?
Fauld means a piece of armor worn below a breastplate to protect the waist and hips.
What is fauld in Bengali?
Fauld in Bengali is টেম্প খিলান. See Fauld meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is fauld?
Fauld is a noun.
How do you pronounce fauld?
Fauld is pronounced /fɔld/.
What is the plural of fauld?
The plural of fauld is faulds.

Words near fauld in the dictionary

  1. Faulconbridge
  2. Faulconbridges
  3. Faulconer
  4. Faulconers
  5. faulcons
  6. fauld
  7. Fauldhouse
  8. faulds
  9. Fauldses
  10. faule
  11. Faulensee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fauld (page history and authors); fauld (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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