laggen-gird

[ lag-uhn-gurd; Scots lag-uhn-gird ]

/ ˈlæg ənˌgɜrd; Scots ˈlæg ənˌgɪrd /

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noun Scot. and North England.

the bottom hoop securing the staves of a tub or barrel.

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Idioms about laggen-gird

cast a laggen-gird, to sire an illegitimate child.

First recorded in 1710–20

They warn authorities to gird themselves for the possibility that many more men could surface.
Penn State’s Next Battle: More Sandusky Accusers Come Forward|Diane Dimond|July 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
As we gird our national loins for the mid-term elections in November, here is a brisk primer on the movement.
My A-Z Guide to the Tea Party|Tunku Varadarajan|September 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
In order to protect yourself from all evils, gird yourself with the rope with which a criminal has been hung.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements|Nesta H. Webster

My subordinates may gird their loins to leap and run and gesticulate, shedding their own blood the while in crimson streams.
Sarchedon|G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
Now gird thee well for courage, My knight of twenty year, Against the marching morrows That fill the world with fear!
Songs from Vagabondia|Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey
But the men here think it but fair; gird about their loins and set about working their way through.
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1|William James