stroud2 (stroud)

[Also strowd; origin obscure.] 1. Same as strouding.-2. A blanket made of strouding. Be pleased to give to the son of the Piankasha king these two strowds to clothe him. Journal of Capt . Treat (1752), p. 52. ( Bartlett .) strouding (strou'ding), n. [ Hazelnuts enough to barter at the nearest store for a few yards of blue strouding such as the Indians use. The Century, XXXIIL 33.