GALLIGASKINS


Meaning of GALLIGASKINS in English

n.pl. hist. or joc. breeches, trousers.

[ orig. wide hose of the 16th-17th c., f. obs. F garguesque for greguesque f. It. grechesca fem. of grechesco Greek ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.