ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Galligaskins

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Galligaskins is a noun meaning (archaic, historical) Large, loose breeches, fashionable in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Meaning

(archaic, historical) Large, loose breeches, fashionable in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Example Sentences

He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother's heels, equipped in a pair of his father's cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include woolsey, venetian, smallclothes, gambeson, gilet, braies.

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