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geteld

geteld noun: a tent, of a style historically used by the Anglo-Saxons, which resembles a shelter-half or pup tent.

geteld: a tent, of a style historically used by the Anglo-Saxons, which resembles a shelter-half or pup tent
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Noun

geteld (plural geteld or getelds)

  1. A tent, of a style historically used by the Anglo-Saxons, which resembles a shelter-half or pup tent.
    • Many tents (rounds, getelds) can be put up by one person, if there is some planning done ahead of time about staking ropes, staking floor, ...2000 July 8, Tanya Guptill, “Suggestions For a Tent”, in rec.org.sca (Usenet)
    • The geteld our kids use has stood up fine through two or three Pennsics. It requires substantially less wood than a Viking tent, and I think it's a good deal easier to build than a bell, although since I've never built a bell I could easily be wrong.2001 January 9, David Friedman, “tent/pavilion question”, in rec.org.sca (Usenet)

Forms of geteld

pluralgeteld
pluralgetelds

Origin of geteld

Learned borrowing from Old English ġeteld (“tent, tabernacle”). Compare teld, tilt.

Questions about geteld

What does geteld mean?
Geteld means a tent, of a style historically used by the Anglo-Saxons, which resembles a shelter-half or pup tent.
What part of speech is geteld?
Geteld is a noun.
What is the plural of geteld?
The plural of geteld is geteld.

Words near geteld in the dictionary

  1. getchellite
  2. getchellites
  3. Getchells
  4. getcho
  5. Gete
  6. geteld
  7. getelds
  8. Geter
  9. Geters
  10. getgo
  11. Getgood

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