eld

[ eld ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. age.
2. old age.
3. antiquity.

eld

/ ɛld /

noun

1. old age
2. olden days; antiquity

Word History and Origins

Origin of eld¹

before 1000; Middle English elde, Old English eldo, ieldo, derivative of ( e ) ald old; world

Word History and Origins

Origin of eld¹

Old English eldu; related to Old Norse elli; see old

Example Sentences

Old F-150’s featured ELD as a physical knob; in the Lightning, it’s located in a submenu of the touchscreen.

From The Verge

With his ELD ticking toward a break violation, he didn’t bother to check the third lot.

From Washington Post

It was no more the withered limb of eld than my own; it was a rounded supple member, with smooth fingers, symmetrically turned; a broad ring flashed on the little finger, and stooping forward, I looked at it, and saw a gem I had seen a hundred times before.

From Literature

Amazon’s Relay ELD — named after the company’s Relay platform for booking delivery jobs — works by plugging hardware into the diagnostics port of trucks to directly digest information from the engine, The Information writes.

From The Verge

Still, an ELD seems far less invasive than a camera — and again, the ELDs would be there anyway — but it’s still a valuable piece of a larger information puzzle, for keeping drivers safe, and Amazon packages on time.

From The Verge