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gaskins

gaskins is the plural of gaskin.

Meaning of gaskin

Noun

gaskin (plural gaskins)

  1. (in plural) Trousers, hose.
    • That if one [lace] break, the other will hold; or, if both break, your gaskins fall.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. Part of the hind leg of a horse, between the stifle and the hock.
  3. A gasket.

See all 4 meanings of gaskin

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Gaskins

Gaskins (countable and uncountable, plural Gaskinses)

  1. (countable) A surname.
  2. A ghost town in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Florida, United States.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Gaskins

Gaskins

  1. (plural) plural of Gaskin

Forms of gaskins

pluralGaskinses

Origin of gaskins

Plural form of Gaskin.

Questions about gaskins

What does gaskins mean?
Gaskins means a surname.
What is gaskins the plural of?
Gaskins is the plural of gaskin.
What part of speech is gaskins?
Gaskins is a proper noun.

Words near gaskins in the dictionary

  1. Gaskiers-Point La Haye
  2. Gaskill
  3. Gaskills
  4. gaskin
  5. Gaskings
  6. gaskins
  7. Gaskinses
  8. gaslamp
  9. gaslamps
  10. gasless
  11. gaslessness

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