leg·len noun orleg·lin\ˈleglə̇n\ (-s) Etymology: perhaps from Middle Dutch legelkijn, lagelijn small flask, diminutive of lagel, lagele, legel, legele flask, cask, from Latin lagena large flask — more at lagena Scotland: a milk pail < the lady … came forth to see her maidens pass to the herds with their leglens — Sir Walter Scott >