laggen-gird

[lag-uh n-gurd; Scot. lag-uh n-gird]

noun Scot. and North England.

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

Idioms

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

Origin of laggen-gird

First recorded in 1710–20

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