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noun 
  1. (archaic) The sky, the upper air; the heavens.
    • c1388, w:Geoffrey Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales,
    • :This day in mirth and revel to dispend
    • :Till on the shone the starres bright
    • firmament
Etymology: Old English wolcen; cognate with Dutch wolk and German Wolke'' "cloud".

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