| 释义 |
scogger north. dial.|ˈskɒgə(r)|
Also skogger, scugger.
[Cf. cogger cocker n.1 2.]
A footless stocking, or a knitted article of similar form, worn either as a gaiter or as a sleeve to protect the arm; also the foot of a stocking worn over the boot to prevent slipping on ice.
1615R. Brathwait Strappado 130 Fute-sare I was, for Bille shoon had neane, Nor hose-legs (wele I wate) but skoggers aud, That hardly hap't poore Billes legs fra caud. 1820Southey Wesley I. 51 note, So the word [snuffers]..may possibly be a misprint for scoggers, as such sleeves are called in some parts of England. 1829Brockett N.C. Gloss. (ed. 2), Skogger, the leg of an old stocking; used by countrymen to keep the snow out of their shoes. 1887D. Donaldson Suppl. to Jamieson, Scoggers, Scuggers. 1899Cumberld. Gloss., Scogger. |