hornsugga

Swedish

Etymology

horn +‎ sugga. Traditionally, the handle was made from a goat's horn, now mostly from beech wood. The word was used in 1907, according to SAOB. Picture in Europeana.

Noun

hornsugga c

1. a round paint brush (diameter ca. 60 mm) with bent handle (for painting and tarring boats, buildings and fences)

Declension

Declension of hornsugga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hornsugga	hornsuggas
	definite	hornsuggan	hornsuggans
plural	indefinite	hornsuggor	hornsuggors
	definite	hornsuggorna	hornsuggornas