-ˈhəbə(r)d noun
( plural mother hubbards )
Usage: often capitalized M&H
Etymology: probably after Mother Hubbard, character in a nursery rhyme (1805) by Sarah C. Martin died 1826 English writer; from the garb worn by Mother Hubbard in old illustrations
: a woman's loose usually shapeless dress
she had an old mother hubbard wrapped loosely about her — Bill Ballinger