Meaning of hanselines | Babel Free

Definitions

A sort of men's breeches

historical, obsolete, plural, plural-only

Examples

“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 glittered round the king.”

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