DCHP-2

logan luggin DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. — especially Newfoundland

  a type of lace-up boot with a leather leg and a rubber foot (see Image 1).

  Type: 1. Origin — The term logan is used to describe a type of lace-up boot that is made of a leather 'leg' (see the 2008 quotation) and rubber soles (see the 1955 quotation) and long criss-crossed laces (see the 1975 quotation). Logans were originally designed to be worn in the wilderness (e.g. hunting, hiking or camping) or in the winter (see the 1937 quotation). The term likely derives from larrigan (see DNE, s.v. "larrigan"), which is described as a type of knee-high moccasin boot made of oiled leather (see ITP Nelson, s.v. "larrigan"). Notably, the etymology of larrigan is listed as "unknown" (see, for example, AHD-5, s.v. "larrigan") or "uncertain" (see Gage-5, s.v. "larrigan"). It is possible that this term is a Newfoundland and Labrador neologism, as it appears in no Canadian or international dictionaries with this specific meaning. The term is today also used by American companies, although boots like this are also called "duck boots" or "Maine hunting shoes".
  See also DNE, s.v. "logan".

  See also: larrigan  cork boot  

  • This term is most often found in the plural form.