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
Where is every piping lad That the fields are not yclad With their milk-white sheep?
From Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) by Tutin, J. R.
"Our blonket leveries been all too sad For thilk same season, when all is yclad With pleasance."
From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by Jennings, James
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 Wise, Thomas James
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 Shakespeare, William
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