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canion
noun 2
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3ADJ.
beneath, long, upper, worthy
CANION + NOUN
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on, with
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noun
1
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 terminatin
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 […]
1975, Doreen Yarwood, European Costume: 4000 Years of Fashion, Larousse Kingfisher Chambers […] playing a decorated upper hose or canion beneath on the thigh (510C, H).
2
Obsolete form of canyon.
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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 fav
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1975, Doreen Yarwood, European Costume: 4000 Years of Fashion, Larousse Kingfisher Chambers […] playing a decorated upper hose or canion beneath on the thigh (510C, H).
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... and pickardevant came over with an Italian marqueshe, and was worne (as I remember) with the shorte Rownd hose, and the long canion by the worthy earle of Pancridge Alderman of lye, when I was a b
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