maud

plural mauds

1. archaicA grey plaid once worn by shepherds in Scotland and Northumbria.

alternative Maude

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.

   Come into the garden, Maud, / For the black bat, night, has flown, / Come into the garden, Maud, / I am here at the gate alone;

   1855, Alfred Tennyson, Come into the Garden Maud

   1 more example

   Dromio of Ephesus. Maud, Bridget, Marian, Cicely, Gillian, Ginn! Dromio of Syracuse. Mome, malt-horse, capon, coxcomb, idiot, patch! - - - Dost thou conjure for wenches, that thou call'st for such a store

   c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]

2. A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9247).
3. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Wabash County, Illinois.
   2. An unincorporated community in Allamakee County, Iowa.
   3. An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Missouri.
   4. A minor city in Pottawatomie County and Seminole County, Oklahoma.
   5. A minor city in Bowie County, Texas.
   6. An unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington.