gadwall
(ˈgædwɔːl)
Also 7 gaddel, 9 gadwell.
A freshwater duck, Anas strepera or Chaulelasmus streperus, of the north of Europe and America; the grey duck or grey.
| 1666 Merrett Pinax Rerum Nat. Brit. 180 A Gaddel. 1674 Ray Collect. Words, Water Fowl 93 The Gadwall or Gray. 1709 Derham in Phil. Trans. XXVI. 466 The Gadwall. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 157 A small brown duck, which is nearly the same as the English gadwall. 1848 C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 333 Gadwall (Anas strepera).—Rare. 1884 Ld. Malmesbury Mem. Ex-minister I. 26 We also killed a great many wild duck, gadwells, and snipe, by walking through the marshes. |