hanselines

English

Etymology

From Middle English haynselyns.

Noun

hanselines pl (plural only)

1. (historical, obsolete) A sort of men's breeches
   • 1905–1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, “How the King Greeted His Seneschal of Calais”, in Sir Nigel, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], published January 1906, →OCLC, page 115:

     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.

References

• “hanselines”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.