sheld

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛld/
• Rhymes: -ɛld

Adjective

sheld (comparative more sheld, superlative most sheld)

1. (UK, dialect) variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald

Derived terms

• shelduck
• sheldgoose

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sheld”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Middle English

Noun

sheld

1. Alternative form of scheld