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Hudson's Bay strouds 
a heavy woollen cloth in several colors, much used in the North during three centuries for making blankets, leggings, capotes, etc.
See also: stroud(s)
- 1804 (1911) Bought a stout mule for which I paid: 1 gun, I large axe, 1 awl, 1 looking glass, 1 fathom Hudson's Bay red strouds, 1 fathom tobacco, 3 strings pipe beads, 300 balls and powder, 2 knives, 2 workers, and a little vermilion.
- 1913 He exchanged his "fall robes" and leather for the strong cloth called "Hudson's Bay strouds"--taking dark blue for gowns and red cloth for leggings for his wives.
- 1804 (1911) Bought a stout mule for which I paid: 1 gun, I large axe, 1 awl, 1 looking glass, 1 fathom Hudson's Bay red strouds, 1 fathom tobacco, 3 strings pipe beads, 300 balls and powder, 2 knives, 2 workers, and a little vermilion.