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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1850, 1910
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PLOUD, n.2 See 1910 quot.Mry. c.1850 Lintie o' Moray (1887) 30:
Wi' the help o' a ploud on the trams he gat.Mry. 1910 Northern Scot (26 June):
A ploud was a piece of plank, nine inches by two, fastened to the shafts of the cart, with another piece fastened below for thickness, shaped like a half-moon and covered with sheep-skin. It answered the purpose of the breechin of the present day.
