hogring
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Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]hogring (plural hogrings)
- A metal ring, clasp, or other device inserted in a pig’s snout to keep it from rooting up the ground.
- In upholstery of furniture or an automobile clasps of similar shape employed to hold the tension of a textile covering.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (implements preventing swine from rooting the ground) detent pin, snouter, hog snouter