poledavy

English

Alternative forms

• poldway

Etymology

Uncertain.

Noun

poledavy (plural poledavies)

1. (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

• “poledavy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.