leglen
noun
leg·len
variants or leglin
ˈleglə̇n
plural -s
Scottish
: a milk pail
the lady … came forth to see her maidens pass to the herds with their leglens
Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott
Word History
Etymology
perhaps from Middle Dutch legelkijn, lagelijn small flask, diminutive of lagel, lagele, legel, legele flask, cask, from Latin lagena large flask