laggin

[lag-uhn]

lag·gin

[lag-uhn]
noun Scot. and North England.
1.
Usually, laggins. the staves at the bottom of a barrel, cask, or other hooped vessel.
2.
the inner angle of a wooden dish, formed by the meeting of the sides and bottom.


Origin:
1580–90; lagg (< Old Norse lǫggr stave) + -in, variant of -ing3
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