Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Spatterdashes; long riding- or walking-boots for wet weather.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated
Waterproof leggings .
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Examples
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"Where are you going, Rex?" said Anna one gray morning when her father had set off in his carriage to the sessions, Mrs. Gascoigne with him, and she had observed that her brother had on his antigropelos, the utmost approach he possessed to a hunting equipment.
Daniel Deronda George Eliot 1849
mollusque commented on the word antigropelos
Coverings to protect the legs against mud.
March 4, 2008