† ˈcanion, ˈcannion, canon Obs.
Forms: 6 cannyon, 6–7 canion, canyon, 7–8 cannion; also 6–7 canon, 7 cannon.
[In form canion, a. Sp. cañon tube, pipe, gun-barrel, ‘the cannions of breeches’ (= F. canon, It. cannone), augmentative of caña, It. canna tube: see cannon. The F. form canon was also used in the same sense.]
pl. Ornamental rolls, sometimes indented, sometimes plain or straight, laid like sausages round the ends of the legs of breeches.
| 1583 Stubbes Anat. Abus. (1877) 56 Hose..with Canions annexed reaching down beneath their knees. 1598 Henslowe Diary Apr. (Fairholt) A payer of paned hose..drawne out with cloth of silver and canyons to the same. Ibid. Hose..laid with silver lace and canons of cloth of silver. 1611 Cotgr., Chausses à queue de merlus, round breeches with strait cannions. 1660 Pepys Diary 24 May, Made myself as fine as I could, with the linning stockings on and wide canons. 1677 Songs Costume (1849) 182 By thy dangling pantaloons, And thy ruffling port cannons. 1706 Phillips, Cannions, old-fashioned ornament for the Legs. 1834 J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 266 Closer-fitting hose..with the canions, or canons attached. 1860 Fairholt Costume 412 Canions..are constantly seen in portraits of Henry III of France and his court. |
Hence canioned a., having canions.
| 1607 Dekker & Webster Northw. Hoe ii. i. Wks. 1873 III. 20 The bragging velure-caniond hobbi-horses. |