cauldn.
/kɔːld/, U.S. /kɔld/, /kɑld/, Scottish English /kɔld/ Scottish.
A weir on a river to divert the water into a mill-lead.
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1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel ii. xiii. 240 (note) He commanded him to build a cauld, or dam-head, across the Tweed at Kelso.
1818 Law-case (Jam.) Right to fish from the head of the Black Pool, down to the caul or dam-dyke of Milnbie.
?1839 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 7. 184 The whole of the water was..diverted into the mill-lead by means of a cauld or weir.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
cauldv.
Scottish.
transitive. To provide with a cauld; to dam.
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1886 J. Russell Reminisc. Yarrow ix. 294 The stones were handy for caulding the river.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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