Teld

From Middle English, from Old English teld ("tent, pavilion, tabernacle"), from Proto-Germanic *teldą ("tent"), from Proto-Indo-European *delt- ("board"). Cognate with Middle Dutch telde, telt ("tent"), German Zelt ("tent"), Swedish tält ("tent"), Icelandic tjald ("tent"). See also tilt.

Full definition of teld

Noun

1. (obsolete) A tent.

From Middle English telden ("to set up a tent"), from teld ("tent"). See above.

Verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To lodge in a tent.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To set up (a tent); pitch a tent; (in general) to set up.

Related terms

• tilt