mud-scown.
/ˈmʌdskaʊ/, U.S. /ˈmədˌskaʊ/ 1. A flat mud barge. Cf. mudboat n. 1.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge > mud- or hopper-barge
mudboata1691
hopper-barge1759
mud-scow1766
mud barge1861
mudlighter1909
1766 Mass. Gaz. 20 Oct. 1/3 A new Mud-Scow, 24 Foot long.
1894 Outing 24 325/1 Any kind of a boat from a crack yacht to a mudscow.
1945 This Week Mag. 10 Mar. 18/2 Kept lookin' at this old hooker as if she was a mud scow.
1991 P. O'Brian Nutmeg of Consol. (1993) v. 115 I remember what a vile mud-scow we made of the dear Surprise, to deceive the Sparta.
2. U.S. colloquial. A large, poorly made, or clumsy shoe. Also: a large or clumsy foot. Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > other
high shoea1387
patten1390
nine1599
foot glove1720
nullifier1840
mud-scow1863
sew-round1885
trilby1895
Buster Brown1904
straight1934
1863 Army & Navy Jrnl. (U.S.) 14 Nov. 180/2 Expensive shoes..are often thrown away unused, for the despised Government ‘mudscows’. These ‘mudscows’..are low-cut, stitched, very light, and very cheap.
1909 Dial. Notes 3 413 Mudscows, large shoes.
1928 L. H. Nason Sergeant Eadie 365 Keep those big mudscows of yours out of my messkit!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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