legging
noun
a covering for the leg, usually extending from the ankle to the knee but sometimes higher, worn by soldiers, riders, workers, etc.
leggin
-
a variation of
legging.
Example Sentences
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"Will they bite?" asked Chunky, apprehensively edging away from one of the animals that was playfully tugging at his leggin.
From The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim by Frank Gee Patchin
These, with the moccasin and leggin invariably worn, the leggin generally in a dozen folds at the ankle, made the war toilet of the intractable Tonto.
From Sunset Pass or Running the Gauntlet Through Apache Land by Charles King
Well, he was a leggin it off hot foot.
From The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Don't know," answered the Indian; "got leggin, got moccasin; can't see colour.
From Satanstoe by James Fenimore Cooper
