legging

[ leg-ing ]

/ ˈlɛg ɪŋ /

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noun

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

leggings, (used with a plural verb)

close-fitting knit pants.
the pants of a two-piece snowsuit.

Also leg·gin

[leg-in] /ˈlɛg ɪn/.

Origin of legging

First recorded in 1745–55; leg + -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM legging

leg·ginged, adjective

Words nearby legging

legg's disease, legg-calvé-perthes disease, legg-perthes disease, legged, leggie, legging, leggings, leggy, legharness, leghemoglobin, leghorn

Example sentences from the Web for leggings

Anothershow Lovato topless and in leggings, with what looks to be her tattoos.

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He has been selling customers the big shirts, tight dresses, leggings and windbreakers they already have.

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He returned minutes later dressed in combat gear, including a Kevlar vest, leggings, and sporting a groin protector.

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Only my leggings were absolutely plastered above my knees with mud.

Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie |George Brenton Laurie

They wore the sombreros and leggings and leather belts, but there was no disorder, no cursing, no shouting nor yelling.

The Candidate |Joseph Alexander Altsheler
The large intestines he wore as leggings, and the kidney fat as his moccasins.

Myths and Legends of the Sioux |Marie L. McLaughlin
Probably he supposed that leather jacket and leggings was the regulation costume of a lecturing guide.

The Lightning Conductor |C. N. Williamson
It ate out of my hand and rubbed its woolly head against my leggings.

Little Rivers |Henry van Dyke

British Dictionary definitions for leggings

leggings

/ (ˈlɛɡɪŋz) /

pl n

an extra outer covering for the lower legs

close-fitting trousers worn by women and children

Derived forms of leggings

legginged, adjective

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