Synonyms for leggings


Grammar : Noun
Spell : leg-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛg ɪŋ


Définition of leggings

Origin :
  • "extra outer covering to protect the leg," 1763, from leg (n.). Related: Leggings.
  • noun gaiters
Example sentences :
  • But, on this unusual occasion, it was decreed that we should black our boots and leggings.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • Why hadn't I put on my best pair of leggings to come away in?
  • Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
  • My servant brought me a change of boots and leggings, and I shaved.
  • Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
  • They wore only leggings, shirts, breech clouts and a blanket.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • He never said a word, till he saw the leggings, and then he asked me what they were for.
  • Extract from : « Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive » by Alf Burnett
  • Come, keep on that shirt; let your leggings sweat where they are, and buckle this about you.
  • Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • He was no doubt thinking what handsome fringes they would make for his leggings.
  • Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • Perhaps neither shirt nor leggings had been taken off since I last saw them.
  • Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid
  • He had leggings of buff cloth, furred at the bottom; and upon his feet were highlows.
  • Extract from : « The Romany Rye » by George Borrow
  • Some had great pads on each ankle, and some had leggings, and some had nothing at all.
  • Extract from : « Tom and Some Other Girls » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

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