/gal'i gas"kinz/ , n. ( used with a pl. v. )
1. loose hose or breeches worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2. loose breeches in general.
3. leggings or gaiters, usually of leather.
Also, gallygaskins .
[ 1570-80; earlier gallogascaine ( s ), galigascon ( s ), of obscure orig.; final element is perh. GASCON (later assimilated to -KIN) ]