legging

American  

[leg-ing] / ˈlɛg ɪŋ /

Also leggin

noun

1. a covering for the leg, usually extending from the ankle to the knee but sometimes higher, worn by soldiers, riders, workers, etc.

2. (used with a plural verb) leggings,

   1. close-fitting knit pants.

   2. the pants of a two-piece snowsuit.

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Other Word Forms

• legginged adjective

Etymology

Origin of legging

First recorded in 1745–55; leg + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

In 2024, Lululemon stopped selling a new type of legging called the Breezethrough after some buyers said they made their stomachs and back sides look too big.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Couples with "baskets of bottled beer and blankets", children wildly misidentifying pigeons and press photographers resignedly legging it around the grass in an attempt to get their shot all added to the chaos.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025

Air legging is a method of drilling that penetrates the rock with air and water.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

What is it about the legging that makes it so perfect?

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2023

On November 28, 1936, after nearly a month of legging up at Tanforan, Seabiscuit was trucked ten miles down the pike to run in Bay Meadows’ mile-long Bay Bridge Handicap.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand