maud

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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