sheld
English
Adjective
sheld (comparative more sheld, superlative most sheld)
- (Britain, dialectal) 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Middle English
Noun
sheld
- Alternative form of scheld