Galligaskins Definition

gălĭ-găskĭnz
noun
Loosely fitting breeches worn in the 16th and 17th cent.
Webster's New World
Leggings or gaiters.
Webster's New World
Leggings.
American Heritage

(archaic) Large, loose breeches. A fashion in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

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Origin of Galligaskins

  • Perhaps alteration (influenced by galley) (Gascon) of French garguesques variant of greguesques from Spanish gregüescos from griego Greek from Latin Graecus Greek

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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