laggen-gird

/lag"euhn gerrd'/; Scot. /lag"euhn girddd'/, n. Scot. and North Eng.

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

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

[1710-20]

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laggˈen-gird noun

A hoop at the bottom of a wooden vessel

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