shovelard

English

Etymology

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

shovelard (plural shovelards)

  1. (UK, dialect) A kind of dabbling duck; the shoveler.

References
  1. “shoveler, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. “shovelard, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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