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LEGGING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)
Synonyms:
leg covering; legging; leging
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("legging" is a kind of...):
garment (an article of clothing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "legging"):
chap ((usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs)
gaiter (legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle)
puttee (a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I)
gaiter; spat (a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles)
