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† ˈcanion, ˈcannion, canon Obs.
Forms: 6 cannyon, 6–7 canion, canyon, 7–8 cannion; also 6–7 canon, 7 cannon.
[In form canion, a. Sp. cañon tube, pipe, gun-barrel, ‘the cannions of breeches’ (= F. canon, It. cannone), augmentative of caña, It. canna tube: see cannon. The F. form canon was also used in the same sense.]
pl. Ornamental rolls, sometimes indented, sometimes plain or straight, laid like sausages round the ends of the legs of breeches.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. (1877) 56 Hose..with Canions annexed reaching down beneath their knees. 1598Henslowe Diary Apr. (Fairholt) A payer of paned hose..drawne out with cloth of silver and canyons to the same. Ibid. Hose..laid with silver lace and canons of cloth of silver. 1611Cotgr., Chausses à queue de merlus, round breeches with strait cannions. 1660Pepys Diary 24 May, Made myself as fine as I could, with the linning stockings on and wide canons. 1677Songs Costume (1849) 182 By thy dangling pantaloons, And thy ruffling port cannons. 1706Phillips, Cannions, old-fashioned ornament for the Legs. 1834J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 266 Closer-fitting hose..with the canions, or canons attached. 1860Fairholt Costume 412 Canions..are constantly seen in portraits of Henry III of France and his court.
Hence canioned a., having canions.
1607Dekker & Webster Northw. Hoe ii. i. Wks. 1873 III. 20 The bragging velure-caniond hobbi-horses. |