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goldhoard

noun

Etymology

From Middle English goldhord, golde hord, gold hord, golthord (“treasure”), from Old English goldhord (“treasure; treasury”). By surface analysis, gold + hoard.

  1. inherited from goldhord — “treasure; treasury”
  2. inherited from goldhord

Definitions

  1. Treasure

    Treasure; a treasury.

    • In the Chronicle it is distinctly stated that the Roman soldiers did before leaving Britain in 418 bury goldhoards (treasures) in the earth.
    • The king is highly pleased now, but even more mistrustful, and will not release the other half of the goldhoard.
    • The Romans gathered all the gold-hoards there were in Britain; some they hid in the earth, so that no man might find them, and some they took with them to Gaul.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA