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Wigan
Wigโฒan
,Noun.
A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of womenโs dresses, etc.; โ so called from
Wigan
, the name of a town in Lancashire, England. Definition 2024
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English
Noun
wigan โ(countable and uncountable, plural wigans)
- A canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers, dresses, etc.
- 1932, Transactions of the Institution of the Rubber Industry, Volume 8, page 313,
- It was really no easy matter to build up two or three plies of double warp Wigan with a thin covering of rubber to the accurate gauge that the printer required.
- 1932, Transactions of the Institution of the Rubber Industry, Volume 8, page 313,
Gothic
Romanization
wigan
- Romanization of ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฝ