larrigan N. Amer.
(ˈlærɪgən)
Also 9 larigan, larrigin.
[Of unknown origin.]
A long boot made of undressed leather.
| 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. N. & Q. III. 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 (U.S.) 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 Saturday 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. |
Hence ˈlarriganed a., wearing larrigans.
| 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. |