Anglo-Irish. Also 8 suggin, 9 soo-, s(o)ugan, suggaun, -awn. [Ir. súgán.] A straw rope; a saddle; a coverlet.
1722. Bp. Downes, in Nicolson, Epist. Corr., 556. Instead of saddles perhaps something not better than an Irish suggan.
1789. J. White, Earl Strongbow, II. 89. Cadows, and brogues, and swords, and suggins.
1841. S. C. Hale, Ireland, II. 401. A stout little pig had a sougan fixed to his leg to prepare him for the road.
1914. C. C. Palmerston, in Chamb. Jrnl., Oct., 697/2. Alvin had come into camp without a ‘sugan’ or blankets of his own.
Comb. 1861. Clington, Frank o’ Donnell, 117. Two suggaun-bottomed chairs.
