Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA piece of armor worn below a breastplate to protect the waist and hips. · The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.
From Middle English fold (“enclosure”). Doublet of fold.
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