maud
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maud はスコットランドで牧羊者などが身に着けた、粗い毛織りの格子柄の外套・肩掛けを指す古風な語です。現代の日常会話ではほぼ使わないため、a shepherd’s maud という歴史的な服装の場面で覚えましょう。人名 Maud と同じつづりでも、衣類の普通名詞なら小文字になる点が手掛かりです。
Picture a Scottish shepherd outdoors with a coarse checked woolen cloth wrapped around the shoulders. That garment is a maud, a historical or dialectal word rather than a normal modern fashion term. Learn it in the phrase a shepherd’s maud and connect its heavy, practical fabric with protection from cold rural weather. The common noun is written maud in lowercase. Maud with a capital M is also a female given name, so capitalization and context tell you whether the word refers to a person or to the old Scottish plaid or cloak.
maud の類義語・関連語
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maud の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中世英語に由来し、古フランス語の粗い織物を指す語から借用されたと考えられます。明確な接辞分解はなく、元々牧羊者が着用する粗末なチェック柄の上着を意味しました。質素で実用的な衣類という語源から意味が納得でき、同系統語の「mottled（まだら模様の）」との関連も指摘されます。
Maud is a Scots and northern English term for a coarse woolen plaid or cloak, especially one associated with shepherds. It is recorded from the later Middle English period, but its deeper origin is uncertain. Proposed links to older French or other textile terms are not secure enough to treat as established. The word has no productive modern English prefix or suffix; it is best learned as a historical clothing term whose meaning developed within Scottish rural usage.
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