poledavy
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain.
Noun
[edit]poledavy (plural poledavies)
- (obsolete) A sort of coarse canvas.
- 1655, James Howell, Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:
- You must be content with homely Polldaui ware from me.
References
[edit]- “poledavy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.