LEGGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legging mean? 

• LEGGING (noun)
  The noun LEGGING has 1 sense:

1. a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)

  Familiarity information: LEGGING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEGGING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

leg covering; legging; leging

Hypernyms ("legging" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "legging"):

chap ((usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs)

gaiter (legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle)

puttee (a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I)

gaiter; spat (a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles)

 Context examples 

In spite of the light brown dustcoat and leather-leggings which he wore in deference to his rustic surroundings, I had no difficulty in recognising Lestrade, of Scotland Yard.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)