chield

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Scots chield, apparently a variant form of child retained in specific senses.

Noun

chield (plural chields)

  1. (Scotland) A man; a fellow, chap.
    • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 196:
      Kinraddie fair seethed with the news next day, all about the attack on the Mill and how Rob had chased the childes that came up against him […].

Anagrams

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

Apparently a variant form of child.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃild/

Noun

chield (plural chields)

  1. child
  2. man, fellow, chap
  3. young woman
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