galligaskins


gal·li·gas·kins

G0020200 (găl′ĭ-găs′kĭnz)pl.n.1. Loosely fitting hose or breeches worn in the 1500s and 1600s.2. Loose trousers.3. Chiefly British Leggings.
[Perhaps alteration (influenced by galley Gascon) of French garguesques, variant of greguesques, from Spanish gregüescos, from griego, Greek, from Latin Graecus; see Greek.]

galligaskins

(ˌɡælɪˈɡæskɪnz) or

gallygaskins

pl n1. (Clothing & Fashion) loose wide breeches or hose, esp as worn by men in the 17th century2. (Clothing & Fashion) leather leggings, as worn in the 19th century[C16: from obsolete French garguesques, from Italian grechesco Greek, from Latin Graecus]

gal•li•gas•kins

(ˌgæl ɪˈgæs kɪnz)

n. (used with a pl. v.) 1. loose hose or breeches worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. 2. any loose breeches. 3. leggings or gaiters, usu. of leather. [1570–80; orig. uncertain]