[gal-i-gas-kinz] 
) | 1. | loose hose or breeches worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
| 2. | loose breeches in general. |
| 3. | leggings or gaiters, usually of leather. |
| gal·li·gas·kins (gāl'ĭ-gās'kĭnz) pl.n.
[Perhaps alteration (influenced by galley and Gascon) of French garguesques, variant of greguesques, from Spanish gregüescos, from griego, Greek, from Latin Graecus; see Greek.] |