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Definition of Leggings
1. legging [n] - See also: legging
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leggings
Literary usage of Leggings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1909)
"Looking around he saw hanging up a pair of leggings, which were made of rough
buffalo-hide with many crow-feathers on the sides. ..."
2. Archeological Explorations in Northeastern Arizona by Alfred Vincent Kidder, Samuel James Guernsey (1919)
"leggings, or fragments of them, were found in Ruins 2, 5, and 9. They are all of
the same type and weave, tubular stockings netted with the stitch called by ..."
3. Pony Tracks by Frederic Remington (1895)
"They are dressed in fur caps, California blanket coats, leggings, and moccasins —
a strange uniform for a cavalryman, and also quite a commentary on what ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"Norf. (3) ». A yoke for an animal. TANK, ». tr squeal, as a child in pain.
Leic, YANKS, ». leggings worn by agrt. cultural labourers. ..."
5. The Mothers' manual: A Month by Month Guide for Young Mothers by Emelyn Lincoln Coolidge (1904)
"When the weather is cold his legs should be well protected by warm leggings, and
if the walks are at all damp he should wear small rubbers. ..."
6. New Ideas for Out of Doors: The Field and Forest Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard (1906)
"These leggings being tight and cut to the shape of the limbs will support ...
How the leggings are put on. Fig. 197.—The leggings are cut like a cowboy's ..."
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