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ˌgæl ɪˈgæs kɪnzgal·li·gask·ins

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Wiktionary

  1. galligaskinsnoun

    large, loose breeches. A fashion in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Galligaskinsnoun

    Etymology: Caligæ Gallo-Vasconum. Skinner.

    My galligaskins, that have long withstood
    The Winter’s fury, and encroaching frosts,
    By time subdu’d, what will not time subdue,
    An horrid chasm disclose. Phillips.

Wikipedia

  1. galligaskins

    Hose are any of various styles of men's clothing for the legs and lower body, worn from the Middle Ages through the 17th century, when the style fell out of use in favour of breeches and stockings. The old plural form of "hose" was "hosen". In German these terms (Hose, singular, and Hosen, plural) remained in use and are the generic terms for trousers today. The French equivalent was chausses.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Galligaskins

    loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense

  2. Etymology: [Prob. corrupted fr. It. Grechesco Grecian, a name which seems to have been given in Venice, and to have been afterwards confused with Gascony, as if they came from Gascony.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Galligaskins

    gal-i-gas′kinz, n.pl. large open hose or trousers: leggings worn by sportsmen. [A corr. of O. Fr. garguesque—It. Grechesco, Greekish—L. Græcus, Greek.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. galligaskins

    Wide hose or breeches formerly worn by seamen also called petticoat-trousers. P. Penilesse, in his Supplication to the Divell, says: "Some gally gascoynes or shipman's hose, like the Anabaptists," &c.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of galligaskins in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of galligaskins in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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