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

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

Before we set out to meet the fugitive, I caused them to disguise themselves—your mother having my wife's maud, and she a dress she had never before worn.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various

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

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