Chield

Alternative forms

• chiel, childe

Origin

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

Full definition of chield

Noun

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 ….----