Obs. or dial. Also 6 caddo, 6–7 caddowe, 7 cadow(e, caddoe. [Cf. CADDIS1 3 b; also Gaelic cudadh, cudath tartan (not Irish—O’Reilly); but it is doubtful whether this is from Eng. or the converse. The Manx cadee, and the Ir. cadas cotton, can hardly be related.] A rough woollen covering: see quot. 1880.

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1579.  Richmond Wills (1853). ij fledg blankets vs. ij caddow blankets ij s. iiij d.

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1588.  Middlesex County Records, I. 177. [Walter Hassellwrick stole] … vnum straggulum voc’ an Irish Caddo [worth twenty shillings].

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1588.  Lanc. Wills (1861), III. 135. A blankett and an Irish caddow checked.

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1601.  Weever, Mirr. Mart., B iij. I stretcht my lims along the bed … Thrice ore the caddow I mine armes outspred.

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1610.  Holland, Camden’s Brit., II. Ireland 63. They … make of their course wool … Caddowes also or Coverlets.

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1611.  Cotgr., Couverture veluë, an Irish Rug, Mantle, or Cadowe.

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1681.  Chetham, Angler’s Vade-m., xxxiv. § 15 (1689), 190. Outlandish Cadows, and Blanckets of diverse colours.

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c. 1861.  J. T. Staton, Rays fro’ th’ Loominary (1867), (Bolton), 40. Peggy wove caddows on a loom as they had ith back place.

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1880.  Antrim & Down Gloss. (E. D. S.), Cadda, Caddaw, a quilt or coverlet, a cloak or cover; a small cloth which lies on a horse’s back.

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