bougar

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UK/ˈbuːɡə/UK/ˈbuːɡɑː/US/ˈbuɡɚ/

noun

A rafter or cross spar of a roof especially of a cottage.

OriginScots bougar ← Middle Scots bougar ← Old English *bogagār →
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Meanings

nounbougar (plural bougars)

plural bougars · alternative Scotland booger · alternative Scotland boggar · alternative Scotland buggar · alternative Scotland bugger

  1. in pluralA rafter or cross spar of a roof especially of a cottage.

Origin

  1. Old English*bogagār“arched beam”
  2. Middle Scotsbougar
  3. Scotsbougar
  4. Englishbougar

Borrowed from Scots bougar, from Middle Scots bougar, bouger, bowgar (“a cross-spar in a roof”), of obscure origin; perhaps representing Old English *bogagār (“arched beam”), from boga (“bow, arch”) + gār (“spear”), with the vocalism later being influenced by Middle Scots bow (“to bow, bend”). However, the supposed semantic development of gār is strained even with the parallels of Old English nafugār (“auger”) and Old Norse geirr (“point of an anvil”).

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APA

bougar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bougar

MLA

“bougar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bougar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bougar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bougar.

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