stroud


stroud

S0818000 (stroud)n. A coarse woolen cloth or blanket.
[After Stroud, an urban district of southwest-central England.]

stroud

(straʊd) or

strouding

n (Textiles) a coarse woollen fabric[C17: perhaps named after Stroud, textile centre in Gloucestershire]

stroud

(straʊd)

n. a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians. [1670–80; perhaps after Stroud, town in Gloucestershire, England]