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Clydesdale en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈklaɪdzdeɪl/

Etymology

From Clyde + -s- + dale. The horses were so named because they were bred in the valley of the Clyde in Scotland.

Meanings

1. A particularly large and powerful breed of draught horse; an individual of this breed.
   • The Clydesdale was developed in the seventeenth century in the Scottish region whence its name.
   • Their great grandfather kept several Clydesdales for the heavier work.
2. (US) A heavier than usual athlete (Over 200 lbs for men, over 145 lbs for women)
3. (derogatory, slang) A very morbidly obese person.

Forms

Coordinates

Shire · Suffolk

Synonyms

lardo · pig · lardbucket · fatty · tubbalard · tubbo · elephant · tub of lard · oinker · fattie · heffalump · gorbelly · podge · whale · fatfuck · butterball · landwhale · swagbelly · tubba lard · salad dodger · hambeast · fatshit · lardass · chunky monkey · thunder thighs · All are derogatory unless otherwise labeled · fatty bom bom · roly-poly · fat fuck · fat-ass · hamplanet · tub of guts · fussock · chod · fat · pudge · chubbs · chunker · fatso · chodder · obeast · fatass · fatty boombalatty · porker · chubster

Translations (1)

fi clydesdalenhevonen (breed of horse)

wikidata: Q844058

Clydesdale en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈklaɪdzdeɪl/

Etymology

From Clyde + -s- + dale. The horses were so named because they were bred in the valley of the Clyde in Scotland.

Meanings

1. The valley of the River Clyde in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS91).
2. A former district of Strathclyde, Scotland, renamed from Lanark in 1980, and abolished in 1996 along with the region.
3. A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. A town in Harry Gwala District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
5. A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
6. A rural locality in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.

Deriveds

Clydesdale terrier