▪ I. cauld, n. Sc.
(kɔːld)
Also caul.
A weir on a river to divert the water into a mill-lead.
| 1805 Scott Last Minstr. ii. xiii. 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 Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. 104 The whole of the water was..diverted into the mill-lead by means of a cauld or weir. |
▪ II. cauld, v. Sc.
[f. prec.]
trans. To provide with a cauld; to dam.
| 1886 J. Russell Remin. Yarrow ix. 294 The stones were handy for caulding the river. |
▪ III. cauld
Sc. form of cold, a. and n.