galligaskins
plural noun
gal·li·gas·kins ˌga-li-ˈga-skənz 
1
a
: loose wide hose or breeches worn in the 16th and 17th centuries
b
: very loose trousers
2
dialectal, chiefly British : leggings
Word History
Etymology
earlier also garragascoynes, perhaps reshaping (after gascon) of Middle French garguesques, greguesques (also chausses à la gregesque "leggings in the gregesque style"), borrowed from Spanish gregüescos, plural of gregüesco, probably for *greguesco, from griego "Greek" (going back to Latin Graecus) + -esco -esque — more at greek entry 1
First Known Use
1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
- plate tumbler
- plate valve
- plate vein
- plate voltage
- plate wheel
- plate-and-frame filter
- plate-glaze
- plate-glazing calender
- plate-tectonic
- plateasms
- plateau
- plateau of tibet
- plateau-basalt
- plateaued
- plateauing
- plateaus
- plateaux
- plateband
- plated
- plated amberina
- plated leather
- plated lobster
- plated parquet
- plateful
- platefuls