maud

Example Sentences

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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)

"Yes; go on, you; I coom py undt py; I dtink t'ere iss vun maud come into dot gardten, vhat I haf not pefore seen since more as acht years, alreadty!"

From Strong Hearts by Cable, George Washington

There was: a figure swathed in an ulster, a maud over the ulster, and a high hat on the top of all.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold

I was within sight of the holly-trees, when I saw a shepherd coming down the hill, bearing something in his arms wrapped in his maud.

From Curious, if True Strange Tales by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn