dial. Also 7 lig-dewe. [Possibly a corruption of F. ligature LIGATURE, which occurs in the somewhat similar sense ‘belt of coarse cloth worn by peasants and carters.’] (See quot. 1902.)
1617. MS. Visitations Archd. Canterbury (Cathedral Libr.), 148. We present Francis Tresse for laying of … a dirty paire of lig-dewes in the chest where the church ornaments do usually lie.
1902. Eng. Dial. Dict., Ligdur, long gaiters reaching to the thighs [Kent].
