shovelard
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English schovelerd, schulerde, schevelard, from schovel (“shovel”), perhaps influenced by malard (“mallard”),[1] on model of Middle Dutch lepelaar (“spoonbill”), with Middle English -ard replacing -aar, but not completely certain.[2]
Noun edit
shovelard (plural shovelards)
- (UK, dialect) A kind of dabbling duck; the shoveler.
References edit
- ^ “shoveler, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “shovelard, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.