Gal′li‐gas″kins (?), n. pl. [Prob. corrupted fr. It. Grechesco Grecian, a name which seems to have been given in Venice, and to have been afterwards confused with Gascony, as if they came from Gascony.] Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.