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

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

Then wrapping himself in a large maud and pulling a slouched hat over his eyes, he left the room, descended the stairs and went out.

From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

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

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