noun
- A child or young person.
- A man or fellow, especially one of a specified kind.
Usage: Scottish and Northern English dialect; archaic or literary
Usage: Scottish dialect; archaic or literary
Examples
- The old chield sat by the fire, remembering his youth.
- A bonnie chield came running down the lane.
- That's a clever chield if ever I saw one.
- The chiels played in the village square.
- He was a wild chield in his younger days.