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hanselines

hanselines noun: a sort of men's breeches.

Noun

hanselines pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, obsolete, plural, plural-only) A sort of men's breeches
    • The old tunic, over-tunic, and cyclas were too sad and simple for the new fashions, so now strange and brilliant cote-hardies, pourpoints, courtepies, paltocks, hanselines, and many other wondrous garments, party-coloured or diapered, with looped, embroidered or escalloped edges, flamed and...1905–1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, “How the King Greeted His Seneschal of Calais”, in Sir Nigel, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], published January 1906, →OCLC, page 115

Origin of hanselines

From Middle English haynselyns.

Questions about hanselines

What does hanselines mean?
Hanselines means a sort of men's breeches.
What part of speech is hanselines?
Hanselines is a noun.

Words near hanselines in the dictionary

  1. Hanseatic city
  2. Hanseatic League
  3. hansel
  4. Hansel and Gretel
  5. hanseled
  6. hanselines
  7. hanseling
  8. Hansell
  9. hanselled
  10. hanselling
  11. Hansells

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