Meanings
- The valley of the River Clyde in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS91).
- A former district of Strathclyde, Scotland, renamed from Lanark in 1980, and abolished in 1996 along with the region.
- A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A town in Harry Gwala District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
- A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
plural Clydesdales
- A particularly large and powerful breed of draught horse; an individual of this breed.
Their great grandfather kept several Clydesdales for the heavier work.
1 more example
The Clydesdale was developed in the seventeenth century in the Scottish region whence its name.
- USA heavier than usual athlete (Over 200 lbs for men, over 145 lbs for women)
- derogatoryslangA very morbidly obese person.
Synonyms: All are derogatory unless otherwise labeled, butterball, chod, chodder, chubbs, chubster, chunker, chunky monkey
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA very morbidly obese person.
Origin
From Clyde + -s- + dale. The horses were so named because they were bred in the valley of the Clyde in Scotland.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish clydesdalenhevonen
- clydesdalenhevonenbreed of horse
Cite this entry
Clydesdale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clydesdale
“Clydesdale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clydesdale. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Clydesdale,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clydesdale.
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