English Explanatory Dictionary

shovelard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of dabbling duck; the shoveler.

Word forms

shovelard shovelards

Etymology

From Middle English schovelerd, schulerde, schevelard, from schovel (“shovel”), perhaps influenced by malard (“mallard”), on model of Middle Dutch lepelaar (“spoonbill”), with Middle English -ard replacing -aar, but not completely certain.

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