1. A child or young person.
Usage: Scottish and Northern English dialect; archaic or literary
2. A man or fellow, especially one of a specified kind.
Usage: Scottish dialect; archaic or literary

Examples

• The old chield sat by the fire, remembering his youth.
• A bonnie chield came running down the lane.
• That's a clever chield if ever I saw one.
• The chiels played in the village square.
• He was a wild chield in his younger days.