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单词 canion
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canionn.

Brit. /ˈkanjən/, U.S. /ˈkænjən/
Forms:

α. 1500s–1600s cannon, 1600s 1800s canon.

β. 1500s caneyan, 1500s cangon, 1500s cannyon, 1500s kenyon, 1500s–1600s 1800s– canion, 1500s– cannion, 1600s canyon.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Spanish cañón; French canon.
Etymology: In α. forms < Middle French, French canon cannon n.1 (1578 in this sense; now historical), extended use of canon tube, pipe (see cannon n.1). In β. forms < Spanish cañón (1599 in Minsheu, or earlier, in this sense), extended use of cañón tube, pipe (see cannon n.1). Compare cannon n.2Compare Italian †cannone breeches leg (1584 or earlier; rare).
Now historical.
In plural. Tubular shaped extensions to men's trunk hose (trunk-hose n. a), designed to cover the lower thighs and knees, and to fill the gap between trunk hose and stockings, common in the 16th and 17th centuries. Also (esp. in the 17th cent.): ornamental rolls or frills worn around the knees, either as the termination of stockings or attached to breeches.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches > parts of
paunce cloth1552
canions1569
slop1591
port-cannon1663
knee-fringe1684
knee-strings1712
knee-ties1825
fall-front1860
1569 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 1864–5 (1866) 6 i. 52 Item, growgrane versettis to be cannonnis to their hois.
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Eiiv Hosen..with Canions annexed reaching down beneath their knees.
1599 P. Henslowe Diary 1 Feb. (1961) Hosse of paynes of sylke layd with sylver lace & caneyanes of clothe of sylver.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chausses à queue de merlus, round breeches with strait cannions.
1660 S. Pepys Diary 24 May (1970) III. 156 Made myself as fine as I could with the Linning stockings and wide Canons.
1677 Songs Costume (1849) 182 By thy dangling pantaloons, And thy ruffling port cannons.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Cannions, old-fashioned ornament for the Legs.
1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 266 Closer-fitting hose..with the canions, or canons attached.
1860 F. W. Fairholt Costume in Eng. (ed. 2) (Gloss.) Canions..are constantly seen in portraits of Henry III. of France and his court.
1918 Burlington Mag. Mar. 107 The stockings are depicted as drawn up and secured indifferently outside..or inside..the canions.
1987 W. Kaiser tr. ‘M. Yourcenar’ Two Lives & Dream 37 One of them lost the canions from his breeches, too. I don't give a fig for his lace canions!
2014 Independent (Nexis) 19 Oct. (Features) 4 Gigantic pumpkin-like trunk-hose would be worn with drainpipe, cuff-like, cannions.

Derivatives

canioned adj. Obsolete having canions.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [adjective] > trousers > types of
un-codpieced1580
canioned1607
braceless1859
bell-bottom1882
broad-beamed1883
kneed1887
bell-bottomed1891
fall-front1899
stagged1902
pegged1905
pedal pusher1912
pipestem1915
drainpipe1930
chino1943
anti-g1945
low-rise1948
cuffless1957
low-riding1958
hip-hugging1968
plus twos1977
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe ii. sig. B4v The bragging velure-caniond hobbi-horses.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. vi. 33 His breeches..were not deep and large enough, but round streat caniond gregs.
1817 W. M. Craig tr. G. de Lairesse Treat. Art of Painting I. iii. v. 128 Wide breeches with knee knots, cannioned stockings, roses in his shoes, a Spanish dagger by his side.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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