Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Fáld-a, s. f. dim. Fáld-élla, Fáld-étta, aug. Fáld-óne,
1. fold, plait; 2. skirt; 3. petticoat, under-petticoat,4. brim of a hat. — del monte, the side or slope of a hill. — di neve, a flake of snow; 5. pl. leading strings. Di — in —, every where. A — a —, little by little, gradually.
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falda: a flake of snow, the skirt of a coat. Also the bending, the side or foote of a hill. Also the armor piece called the taces or cuishards. Also a folde, an enfoulding, a plaining, a wrinkle or puckering in any garment. Also bandles, rowles or swathes. Also a handfull or locke of wooll or flaxe.