gascoyne

See also: Gascoyne

English

Noun

gascoyne (plural gascoynes)

Obsolete form of gaskin (“hose; trousers”).
- c. 1615–1617, Thomas Middleton, “The Widow”, in The Works of Thomas Middleton, […], volume III, London: Edward Lumley, […], published 1840, →OCLC, act IV, scene i, page 405:
  Sponge i' thy gascoyns, / Thy gally-gascoyns there! [Footnote u: gally-gascoyns] "i.e. wide hose or slops" [trousers]. Reed.]

References

“Gascoines”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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