maud

¹ American  

[mawd] / mɔd /

noun

1. a gray woolen plaid worn by shepherds and others in S Scotland.

2. a rug or wrap of like material, used as a traveling robe, steamer rug, etc.

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Maud ² American  

[mawd] / mɔd /

noun

1. Matilda.

2. Also Maude. a female given name, form of Matilda.

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maud British  

/ mɔːd /

noun

1. a shawl or rug of grey wool plaid formerly worn in Scotland

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Etymology

Origin of maud

First recorded in 1780–90; perhaps apocopated variant of obsolete maldy a coarse gray woolen cloth

Example Sentences

Well, I declare!" wrathfully began Hannah, but Ishmael gently interrupted her: "I have bought a fine Scotch tartan shawl for you, Aunt Hannah, and a heavy shepherd's maud for Uncle Reuben.

From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

She put a new candle in her lantern; she changed her shawl for a maud, and leaving the door on latch, she sallied out.

From Half a Life-Time Ago by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Hogg was perhaps the most remarkable man that ever wore the maud of a shepherd.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

As Lockhart truly says, Hogg "was the most extraordinary man that ever wore the maud of a shepherd."

From Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy by Lang, Andrew

Here! roll thee in my maud, lad, and lay thee down on this sheltered side of this bit of rock. 

From The Half-Brothers by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Related Words

• burro
• horse
• mule