leggins

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A bundle of brushwood is hung on this pole, to which are attached the leathern dress and leggins of a woman.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives

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

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

He was attired with a red flannel "wamus," a leathern belt girt around his waist, deer-skin leggins and moccasons, and a white felt hat that ran up to a peak.

From The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West by Riley, H. H.

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)