Forms: 7 wolde, would, 9 woold. [Related to next.] a. Naut. = WOOLDING. b. attrib. in woold cord, rope (cf. WFlem. oelkorde): binding cord or rope.
1628. Toke (Kent) Estate Accts., lf. 115 (MS.). For making 16 lbs of hempe into a wolde rope. 4/-. Ibid. (1639), lf. 202. A payer of would ropps.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. xv. (Roxb.), 43/1. The Would or wouldings of the mast or yard: is the ropes about them to keep on a fish.
1805. R. W. Dickson, Pract. Agric., II. 775. [Bundles of weld plants] are tied up by a string made for the purpose, and sold under the title of woold cord.
