legging

[ leg-ing ]

/ ˈlɛg ɪŋ /

noun

a covering for the leg, usually extending from the ankle to the knee but sometimes higher, worn by soldiers, riders, workers, etc.Compare chaps, gaiter, puttee.

leggings, (used with a plural verb)

close-fitting knit pants.
the pants of a two-piece snowsuit.

Also leg·gin

[leg-in]. /ˈlɛg ɪn/.

Origin of legging

First recorded in 1745–55; leg + -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM legging

legginged, adjective

Words nearby legging

leger line, leges, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, legged, leggie, legging, leggings, Legg-Perthes disease, Legg's disease, leggy, legharness

Example sentences from the Web for legging

My legs are stiff, and my legging has frozen fast 26 to my overshoe; I remember that.
The Singing Mouse Stories|Emerson Hough
I hadn't a rap in my pockets, but it was very near a 'legging' for me.
Six Years in the Prisons of England|A Merchant - Anonymous
Instead, that small boy was legging it westward as fast as he could go.
A Son of the City|Herman Gastrell Seely
Another dog gets his flank slit up, a man has his legging and trouser torn off his leg, and then the giant brute is conquered.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)|William Delisle Hay

The little Providence was legging it briskly over the wind-tossed waters.
The Story of John Paul Jones|Chelsea Curtis Fraser