leggins

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They wore the simple dress of the hunter, which consisted of moccasins, and buckskin leggins reaching to the thighs.

From Three Sioux Scouts by Gregor, Elmer Russell

The well-beloved rifle was seldom out of his hand; and he never deigned to lay aside the fringed frock, moccasons, and Indian leggins, which formed the appropriate costume of the forest ranger.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis

To each, also, a new hatchet, new knife, blanket, leggins, tobacco, paints, razor, mirror, ammunition, and a flask of sweet-smelling oil.

From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Two men with leggins laced up to their sturdy knees, and carrying guns and game bags, were striding across the field, followed by their dogs.

From Jane Lends A Hand by Watkins, Shirley

The outer seam 389 of the leggins, as among all the other tribes, has an embroidered stripe of coloured porcupine quills, and trimmed in the same manner with human or dyed horsehair.

From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp