Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Galligaskins"
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.
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