pant leg

noun

1. a leg of a pair of pants.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pant leg¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Soon Alexander’s teeth were sunk into Beowulf’s pant leg, and the two were having a devil of a time getting untangled.

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“I had to pull my pant leg away to get to one I could save,” he said.

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As Flores held court in the driveway, he rolled up a pant leg to show a sore from his diabetes and said that on the streets he’d have nowhere to refrigerate his insulin.

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His legs are “still messed up” now, he told Bensinger, pulling up a pant leg to reveal a gnarly scarred calf.

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He glanced at people who gathered Monday on the Syrian side of the river, taking off their shoes and rolling up their pant legs before dipping their feet into the water.

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