strawmote

But the next moment a strawmote would have knocked me down, for I called to mind that if thy father and mother had had high words once, they'd been at it twenty times since they'd been man and wife, and I zid myself as the next poor stunpoll to get into the same mess ....

The Return of the Native 1878

Then Gabe brought her some of the new cider, and she must needs go drinking it through a strawmote, and not in a nateral way at all.

Far from the Madding Crowd 1874

Then Gabe brought her some of the new cider, and she must needs go drinking it through a strawmote, and not in a nateral way at all.

Far from the Madding Crowd 1874