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galligaskins |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Galligaskins \Gal`li*gas"kins\, n. pl [Prob. corrupted fr It Grechesco Grecian, a name which seems to have been given in Venice, and to have been afterwards confused with Gascony, as if they came from Gascony.] Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense