stroudn.
/straʊd/, U.S. /straʊd/ ? Obsolete.
1. A blanket manufactured for barter or sale in trading with the North American Indians. Also stroud blanket.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > goods for bartering > with undeveloped peoples > specific
stroud1683
pound beads1826
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > blanket > blanket made for or by North American Indians
stroud1683
Indian blanket1714
pointed blanket1779
point blanket1783
mackinaw1836
Chilkat1890
Hudson Bay blanket1900
1683 in C. H. Hunt Life E. Livingston (1864) 6 Four garments of Strouds.
1751 C. Gist Jrnls. (1893) 53 Six Strouds, two Match-Coats, and a String of Wampum.
1753 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) V. 681 Be pleased to present to the widow of the Piankasha King..these Handkerchiefs to wipe the Tears from her Eyes; and likewise give her Son these two Strowds to clothe him.
1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 119 Before him, on a new stroud blanket, was placed a bason of water.
1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 133 A large, but coarse blue blanket, called a stroud.
1846 T. L. McKenney Mem. I. i. 21 It was not so much a competition in blankets, and strouds, and calicoes..as in whiskey.
1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products
1872 Rep. Indian Affairs 1871 (U.S.) 459 Blankets, leggings, strouds, paints.
2. The material of which these blankets were made.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for blankets
blanket-cloth1520
blanketing1677
stroud1759
strouding1811
1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 201 12 pieces red stroud; 15 ditto, blue.
1805 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) 27 Five yards of blue stroud.
1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. iv. 139 A kind of cheap cloth, called ‘stroud’ made from woollen rags, was exported to North American Indians.
3. attributive.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [adjective]
list1661
stroud1683
throw-over1754
knockabout1880
throwabout1916
pillowing1924
1683 in C. H. Hunt Life E. Livingston (1864) 7 Four Stroud-Coats and Two duffel-Coats.
1751 G. Croghan in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) V. 531 I gave him a Strowd Shirt, Match Coat [etc.].
1934 P. H. Godsell Arctic Trader 39 A dozen other drivers, all clad in..blue stroud leggings and fur caps.
Derivatives
ˈstrouding n. = stroud n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for blankets
blanket-cloth1520
blanketing1677
stroud1759
strouding1811
1811 H. M. Brackenridge Jrnl. 2 Apr. in Views Louisiana (1814) 201 The merchandise, which consisted of strouding, blankets,..guns, beads, &c.
1886 Cent. Mag. Nov. 33/2 A few yards of blue strouding such as the Indians used for breech-clouts.
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