galligaskins

gal·li·gas·kins  (gl-gsknz)

pl.n.

1. Loosely fitting hose or breeches worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

2. Loose trousers.

3. Chiefly British Leggings.

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[Perhaps alteration (influenced by galley and Gascon) of French garguesques, variant of greguesques, from Spanish gregüescos, from griego, Greek, from Latin Graecus; see Greek.]

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galligaskins, gallygaskins [ˌgælɪˈgæskɪnz]

pl n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) loose wide breeches or hose, esp as worn by men in the 17th century

2. (Clothing & Fashion) leather leggings, as worn in the 19th century

[from obsolete French garguesques, from Italian grechesco Greek, from Latin Graecus]