Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A woolen garment or covering of a rough or coarse texture.
  • noun A chough; a jackdaw.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. A jackdaw.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun UK, dialect A jackdaw.

Etymologies

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Old English cadawe, prob. from ca chough + daw jackdaw; compare Gaelic cadhag, cathag. Compare chough, daw.

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