hogring

English

Alternative forms

• hog-ring, hog ring

Noun

hogring (plural hogrings)

1. A metal ring, clasp, or other device inserted in a pig’s snout to keep it from rooting up the ground.
2. In upholstery of furniture or an automobile clasps of similar shape employed to hold the tension of a textile covering.

Derived terms

• hogringer

See also

• (implements preventing swine from rooting the ground) detent pin, snouter, hog snouter