English Explanatory Dictionary

yaud

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A workhorse; an old or worn-out mare.
  2. A slovenly woman.

Word forms

yaud yauds yade

Etymology

From Middle English yald, ȝald. Originally used to mean "mare", then "old mare". From Old Norse jalda (“mare”), from a Uralic language, such as Moksha эльде (eľďe) or Erzya эльде (eľďe). This term influenced and was influenced by jade, but is considered etymologically distinct by some references, while others consider the two terms to be variants of one another.

Synonyms

jade
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