biggin
1
[
big
-in]
/ˈbɪg ɪn/
noun
,
Archaic.
1.
a close-fitting cap worn especially by children in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2.
a soft cap worn while sleeping; nightcap.
Origin
1520-30;
<
Middle French
beguin
kind of hood or cap, orig. one worn by a
Beguine
biggin
2
[
big
-in]
/ˈbɪg ɪn/
noun
1.
a coffeepot, usually silver, having a separate container in which the coffee is immersed while being boiled.
Origin
after
Biggin,
the name of its early 19th-century inventor
British Dictionary definitions for
biggin
biggin
1
/
ˈbɪɡɪn
/
noun
1.
a plain close-fitting cap, often tying under the chin, worn in the Middle Ages and by children in the 17th century
Word Origin
C16: from French
béguin
; see
beguine
biggin
2
/
ˈbɪɡən
/
noun
1.
(
Scot
) a construction, esp a house or cottage
Word Origin
see
big
²