sheld

English edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʃɛld/
Rhymes: -ɛld

Adjective edit

sheld (comparative more sheld, superlative most sheld)

(UK, dialect) Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald.

Derived terms edit

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Middle English edit

Noun edit

sheld

Alternative form of scheld