Hello. 

I was wondering whether anybody might have come across the phrase “lay in fold” in regard to clothing (except for its occurrence in the lyric sometimes called “Bridal Morn” or “The Cries of Durham”).  The only source I came across online—an 18^th century dictionary—suggested that it could be used to mean pleat, as women do with their headdresses, which I suppose suggests that it is related to wearing an object. But  I also came across a will (which I have subsequently irritatingly misplaced) that might have implied that it meant placed in storage, with items lying in fold being granted to somebody within the will. 

The song lyric itself reads “Silver is white, red is the gold / The robes they lay in fold” (although the two lines may be separated by other lyrics in the original and complete song, as only the soprano part survives).

Thanks for any assistance.

Thomas Larque.