Definition
Wide, loose breeches or hose, particularly baggy leg coverings worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Etymology
Possibly from 'Gascon' (from the Gascony region of France), with the implication that these loose breeches were French in origin, or possibly from Spanish 'guasca' or Italian sources.
Kelly Says
Gaskins were so baggy and exaggerated that they became a symbol of foolishness in Elizabethan theater—poor characters and clowns wore them in plays, making the word itself an insult about someone's fashion sense.
Translations
ARالعربية
جاسكنز
jas-kinz
BNবাংলা
গাসকিন্স
gas-kin-s
CACatalà
gaskins
gas-ki-ns
CSČeština
gaskins
gas-ki-ns
DADansk
gaskins
gas-ki-ns
DEDeutsch
Gaskins
gas-ki-ns
ELΕλληνικά
γασκίνς
gas-ki-ns
ESEspañol
gaskins
gas-ki-nz
FISuomi
gaskins
gas-ki-ns
FRFrançais
gaskins
gas-ki-n
HUMagyar
gaskins
gas-ki-ns
IDBahasa Indonesia
gaskins
gas-ki-nz
ITItaliano
gaskins
gas-ki-n
MSBahasa Melayu
gaskins
gas-ki-nz
MYမြန်မာ
ဂါစကင်း
ga-ska-ngin
NLNederlands
gaskins
gas-ki-nz
NONorsk
gaskins
gas-ki-ns
PLPolski
gaskins
gas-ki-ns
PTPortuguês
gaskins
gas-ki-nz
RORomână
gaskins
gas-ki-nz
RUРусский
Гaskins
gaskins
SVSvenska
gaskins
gas-ki-ns
SWKiswahili
gaskins
gas-ki-nz
TAதமிழ்
காஸ்கின்ஸ்
ka-skin-s
TEతెలుగు
గస్కింస్
gas-ki-ns
TRTürkçe
gaskins
gas-kinz
UKУкраїнська
Гaskins
gaskins
VITiếng Việt
gaskins
gas-ki-n