▪ I. roud
obs. or dial. var. of rudd1 (the fish).
▪ II. roud, n. dial.
[Cf. next and rud n.]
The act of spawning.
| 1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. 82 (E.D.D.), The broad⁓land fishes are said to be on the roud. |
▪ III. roud, v. dial.
(raʊd)
[Cf. rodding vbl. n.2, rood v. and rud n.]
intr. To spawn.
| 1882 Blackw. Mag. Jan. 101 The great time for bobbing is when the roach and bream are rouding or spawning. 1882 C. Davies Norfolk Broads xviii. (1884) 131 The ‘rouding’ or spawning time of the bream and the roach. |