wigan

See also: Wigan

English

Etymology

From Wigan (“town in Greater Manchester”).

Noun

wigan (countable and uncountable, plural wigans)

  1. 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.

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

wigan

  1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽

Old English

Alternative forms

Verb

wīgan

  1. to fight, make war, do battle
Conjugation
Conjugation of wīgan (strong class 1)
infinitive wīgan tō wīgenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular wīge wāg
2nd-person singular wīgest wige
3rd-person singular wīgeþ wāg
plural wīgaþ wigon
subjunctive present past
singular wīge wige
plural wīgen wigen
imperative
singular wīg
plural wīgaþ
participle present past
wīgende (ġe)wigen

Derived terms
  • oferwīgan (“to overcome in battle, conquer”)
  • wīgend (“soldier, warrior”)
  • wigian (“to fight”)
  • wīg (“fight, battle, war, strife”)
  • wiga (“a fighter, warrior; a man ennobled by his doggedness”)

References
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