English

Noun

pig lead

1. unrefined lead, cast in blocks (in pigs)
   • 1902, John Masefield, Cargoes

     Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke-stack,

     Butting through the Channel in the mad March days,

     With a cargo of Tyne coal,

     Road-rails, pig-lead,

     Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays.