cauld

[ kawld, kahld, kawd ]

adjective

, Scot.

1. cold.

cauld

/ kɔːld /

adjective

1. a Scot word for cold

Example Sentences

But she has stuck to her roots, and last September she released The Cauld - a pop song written in Scots.

From BBC

To this day, every time I see a white hoar frost I think "cranreuch cauld", remembering Burns's "To a Mouse".

From The Guardian

"Cauld steel—tak' you that!" cried Peter Greg the Scot as he let out with his left, and knocked Nosey Cuthbert over backwarks into the hall of the castle.

From Project Gutenberg

Some were hiding away from the "cauld blast" in the nooks between the dense branches; some were hanging upon the little cones, swinging and clinging like acrobats; some were taking short flights through the smoke to warm their toes, or sitting on the bare rock near the top of the chimney.

From Project Gutenberg

Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld!

From Project Gutenberg