habit pour la jambe

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French - English
{n} galligaskins
large, loose breeches. A fashion in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
{n} stops, a kind of large open hose
arch. large, loose breeches. A fashion in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards
The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense
{i} breeches or stockings; loose trousers; (U.K.) leather leggings worn in the 19th century