leglen
[ leg-lin ]
/ ˌlɛg lɪn /
noun Scot. and North England.
a milk pail.
Origin of leglen
1715–25; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Icelandic
legillinn the keg, equivalent to
legill keg (≪ Latin; see
lagena) +
-inn the
Words nearby leglen
legitimate,
legitimate government,
legitimatize,
legitimist,
legitimize,
leglen,
legless,
legman,
legnica,
lego,
legoglobin
Definition for leglen (2 of 2)
laggin
or lag·en, lag·gen, leg·len
[ lag-uh n ]
/ ˈlæg ən /
noun Scot. and North England.
Usually laggins.
the staves at the bottom of a barrel, cask, or other hooped vessel.
the inner angle of a wooden dish, formed by the meeting of the sides and bottom.
Origin of laggin
Example sentences from the Web for leglen
Katharine had begun a-milking, but when she beheld her father coming across the meadow, she left her leglen and ran home.