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Definition of Leg covering

1. Noun. A garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leg Covering

Literary usage of Leg covering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"But the common soldier, on account of the great cost of a full suit of mail, wore a swathed leather leg covering, and no coif of mail over the head. ..."

2. Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition by John Murdoch (1892)
"The usual leg-covering of the men is one or two pairs of knee breeches, rather loose, but fitted to the shape of the leg. They are very low in front,barely ..."

3. Massage and the Original Swedish Movements: Their Application to Various by Kurre Wilhelm Ostrom (1918)
"Friction with the thumb upon the inside and posterior part of the leg, covering principally the gastrocnemius and the soleus. 6. Stroking with one hand of ..."

4. The World's Congress of Representative Women: A Historical Résumé for by May Wright Sewall (1894)
"This hypothesis gains further support when the length of this leg-covering is considered. It reaches practically to the ground. Indeed it has been known to ..."

5. Therapeutic Gazette (1916)
"It has been found that patients are much more comfortable when the cast is applied the entire length of the leg, covering the foot, and the method of ..."

6. California Pastoral. 1769-1848 by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1888)
"The open breeches permit a view of the edge of the wide white drawers descending half-way down the leg, covering partly white stockings, which are loose, ..."

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