frayboggard

See also: fray-boggard

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Circa 1530s.[1] From fray (“frighten”) +‎ boggard (“ghost, goblin, bugbear”).

Noun

frayboggard (plural frayboggards)

  1. (obsolete) A scarecrow.
    • 1535, Coverdale, Myles, Baruch 6:70‎:
      For like as a frayboggarde in a garden off Cucumbers keepeth nothinge, even ſo are their goddes of wod, of ſylver ⁊ golde:

References
  1. “scarecrow” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019, retrieved 8 May 2018: “Also fray-boggard (1530s).”.
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