"geteld" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: geteld [plural], getelds [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ġeteld (“tent, tabernacle”). Compare teld, tilt. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|ang|ġeteld|t=tent, tabernacle}} Learned borrowing from Old English ġeteld (“tent, tabernacle”) Head templates: {{en-noun|geteld|getelds}} geteld (plural geteld or getelds)
  1. (chiefly in the SCA) A tent, of a style historically used by the Anglo-Saxons, which resembles a shelter-half or pup tent.

Inflected forms

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