subs. (colloquial).—1. A quadrangle. Hence as verb. (Rugby) = to promenade Cloisters at ‘calling over’ before a football-match. Also QUOD (q.v.).
1845. J. PYCROFT, The Collegian’s Guide, 144. His mother … had been seen crossing the QUAD. in tears.
1855. A. TROLLOPE, The Warden, v. The QUAD, as it was familiarly called, was a small quadrangle.
1884. Daily News, 14 Oct., 5, 1. His undignified nickname is carved in the turf of the college QUAD.
2. See QUOD, subs. and verb.
3. (common).—A horse; a ‘quadruped.’
1885. The English Illustrated Magazine, April, 509, ‘An Easter Holiday.’ The second rider … got his gallant QUAD. over, and he, too, went round the course alone.
4. (cyclists’).—A bicycle for four.
