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canions

canions is the plural of canion.

Meaning of canion

Noun

canion (plural canions)

  1. (historical, in plural, often) One of a pair of fitted tubes of cloth worn in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries below short trunk hose and above stockings to cover the leg in between them, sometimes joined to the hose (sometimes reduced to ornamental rolls terminating the legs of the hose), and sometimes joined to each other as breeches worn under the hose.
    • Varieties in nether garments introduced during this decade included 'Venetians' and trunk-hose with canion. These introductions, however, did not oust the now familiar trunk-hose which remained in favour until […]1950, Jack Eric Morpurgo, Life Under the Tudors

Questions about canions

What is canions the plural of?
Canions is the plural of canion.

Words near canions in the dictionary

  1. caninus
  2. caninus muscle
  3. caninus muscles
  4. Caniogan
  5. canion
  6. canions
  7. Canipe
  8. Canipes
  9. caniphobia
  10. Canis Latinicus
  11. Canisiana

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