Meanings
nounbeild (plural beilds)
plural beilds · alternative beeld · alternative bield
- ScotlandarchaicA place of shelter; protection; refuge.
The random beild o' clod or stane.
1786, Robert Burns, To a Mountain Daisy1 more example
This is our beild, the blust'ring winds to shun.
1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, Book II, lxxxiv
Origin
Probably from the same root as build.
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APA
beild. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beild
MLA
“beild.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beild. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beild,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beild.
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