shad noun & verb. [ʃad]
[Late Old English sćeadd, of unkn. origin.]
A. noun. Pl. -s, same. Any of various migratory clupeoid fishes resembling herring, of the genus Alosa or related genera, esp. the American A. sapidissima. Also (rare) as a term of abuse. LOE.
ALLIS shad. TWAITE shad.

Comb.:
shad-bellied adjective (a) (of a coat) having curved front edges sloping down to the tail; (b) (of a person) having an abnormally thin or flat belly; shad-belly US a man's shad-bellied coat, formerly associated with the Society of Friends; a Friend; shadberry N. Amer. (the fruit of) the shadbush; shadblow, shadbush N. Amer. [so called because it flowers when shad appear in rivers] a Juneberry, esp. Amelanchier canadensis; shad-fly Angling an insect which appears when shad are running; shad-trout the weakfish.
b. verb intrans. Infl. -dd-. Fish for shad. rare. M19.

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