yclad
Americanverb
Etymology
Origin of yclad
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at y-, clad 1
Example Sentences
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But let’s be real: Next time you play Scrabble, you’re definitely going to use yclad, so you might as well play it here.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2022
Often used by Chaucer and Spenser, as in yblessed, yburied, ybrent, yfonden, ygeten, yclad, yfraught, etc.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
O kemps are come our country to, And men so bold to see; They all yclad in iron are, Their steeds come springing free.
From Grimhild's Vengeance Three Ballads by Thomas James Wise
IN samite sark yclad was she; And that fair glimmerish band of gold Which crowned long, savage locks of hair In the moon brent cold.
From Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems by Madison Julius Cawein
Her sight did ravish, but her grace in speech, Her words yclad with wisdom's majesty, Makes me from wondering fall to weeping joys; Such is the fulness of my heart's content.—
From King Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
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