stroud

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/stɹaʊd/

noun

A kind of coarse wool used in blankets or for garment by Native Americans.

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Meanings

stroud1

nounstroud (plural strouds)

plural strouds

  1. A kind of coarse wool used in blankets or for garment by Native Americans.

Stroud2

proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8505).
  3. A local government district of Gloucestershire, formed in 1974, with its headquarters near the town.
  4. A village and civil parish west of Petersfield, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7223).
  5. A town in MidCoast council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  6. A city in Creek County and Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States.
  7. A township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  8. A community in the town of Innisfil, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

Origin

The English town is named as La Strode in a document of 1221, though most early records use the spelling Stroud. The Old English name Strōd refers to a "marshy land overgrown with brushwood". The original pronunciation survives in the Kent town of Strood.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with stroud

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Cite this entry
APA

stroud. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stroud

MLA

“stroud.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stroud. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stroud,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stroud.

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