leggins

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She unloosened the shoe of the maiden as she spoke and removed the silken leggins, marveling much at their richness as she did so.

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster

Their shoes are commonly plain, and their leggins gartered beneath the knee.

From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I by Mackenzie, Alexander

He wore a green embroidered frock, with buff leggins of dressed deerskin richly worked by some Indian maid, and on his feet were buskins of dressed doeskin.

From Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt

B. J.—Say, Slim; that old horse will throw you so high that the sparrows will build nests in your leggins before you come down.

From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Collins, Dennis

To each, also, a new hatchet, new knife, blanket, leggins, tobacco, paints, razor, mirror, ammunition, and a flask of sweet-smelling oil.

From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)