hogring

English

Alternative forms

Noun

hogring (plural hogrings)

  1. A metal ring, clasp, or other device inserted in a pig’s snout to keep it from rooting up the ground.
  2. In upholstery of furniture or an automobile clasps of similar shape employed to hold the tension of a textile covering.

Derived terms

See also

  • (implements preventing swine from rooting the ground) detent pin, snouter, hog snouter
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.