English Explanatory Dictionary

sugan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wooden chair with a seat made from woven straw or twine stretched over the frame.
  2. Alternative form of soogan.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃuː.ɡɔːn/

Word forms

sugan sugans sugawn

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish súgán (“rope”), from Proto-Celtic *souggo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati). Doublet of soogan.

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