Wigan

Origin

From Wigan ("town in Greater Manchester").

Full definition of wigan

Noun

1. A canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers, dresses, etc.
• 1932, Transactions of the Institution of the Rubber Industry, Volume 8, page 313,It was really no easy matter to build up two or three plies of double warp Wigan with a thin covering of rubber to the accurate gauge that the printer required.----