单词 | larrigan |
释义 | larrigann. North American. A long boot made of undressed leather. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > high or long > types of jockey-boot1683 top-boot1768 Cossack boot1805 wellington boot1815 Hessian boot1834 jockey1851 Napoleon1853 Napoleon boot1860 jockey-leg1862 larrigan1886 kamik1891 mukluk1898 cruiser1902 jockey-back1909 1886 Engineering News XVI. 99/1 And the ordinary foot-gear is a pair of cow-hide moccasins (called shoe-packs or larrigans). 1889 Amer. Notes & Queries 3 308 A larigan, or larrigin, in Maine and New Brunswick, is a kind of boot or moccasin of yellow leather, having a long leg reaching above the knee. It is worn by lumbermen in the deep snows of winter. 1915 Outing Oct. 27/2 A ‘shoe-pac’ or ‘larrigan’ is a beef-hide moccasin with eight to ten-inch top, and with or without a light, flexible sole. 1922 Short Stories (U.S.) Feb. 128/2 Over six feet in his larrigans. 1931 ‘Grey Owl’ Men of Last Frontier 180 I was much hampered by a pair of still hard-soled larrigans which I had donned. 1961 Sat. Night (Toronto) 23 Dec. 18/1 After breakfast that day I rode to school..wearing a pair of cowhide larrigans greasy with linseed oil. 1968 E. R. Buckler Ox Bells & Fireflies ii. 25 Little Tim was six foot seven..who could yet sew a larrigan together with the waxed end neater than a woman could hem~stitch. Derivatives ˈlarriganed adj. wearing larrigans. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing footwear > wearing boots > types of caligate1562 buskined1588 well booted1608 jackbooted1763 high-lowed1839 ankle-jacked1842 beetle-crushing1871 larriganed1904 gumbooted1930 1904 C. G. D. Roberts Watchers of Trails 287 Then, turning on his larriganed heels, he strode up the trail. 1922 Short Stories Feb. 129/1 [The dogs] clipped fangs at Cherriman's larriganed legs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1886 |
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