DCHP-3

blanket leggings

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a kind of sock or legging made of duffle or blanketing or wrapped around the feet and legs for warmth in winter.

Quotations

1837
. . . there were also a highly ornamented capuchin and a pair of new blanket leggings.
1888
They wore bead necklaces and leather bracelets, studded with brass nails; also woollen shirts, and tight blanket leggings, fringed, and reaching half way up their thighs.