pig lead

[ led ]
/ lɛd /

noun

lead molded in pigs.

Origin of pig lead

First recorded in 1785–95

Words nearby pig lead

pig iron, pig island, pig islander, pig it, pig latin, pig lead, pig out, pig's ear, pig's ears, pig's fry, pig-headed

Example sentences from the Web for pig lead

  • The purport of such works is the conversion of pig-lead into white-lead.

    The Uncommercial Traveller |Charles Dickens

  • While his diving-bell boat was building, a barge loaded with pig-lead sank in the rapids at Keokuk, 212 miles from Saint Louis.

    James B. Eads |Louis How