† calˈzoons, n. pl. Obs.
Also calsoun, -sound, -sune.
[From one or other of the Romanic langs.: F. cal{cced}ons, cale{cced}ons, Sp. calzones, Pg. cal{cced}ões, It. calzoni breeches, drawers:—late L. calciones; augmentative forms of L. *calcea, Sp. calza, Pg. cal{cced}a, It. calza, F. chausse hose, f. L. calceus shoe, half-boot.]
Drawers, hose, trousers: used of those of oriental nations.
| 1615 G. Sandys Trav. 63 The next that they weare is a smock of callico with ample sleeves..vnder this a paire of calsouns of the same, which reach to their ancles. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Calsounds or Calsunes, a kind of drawers or such like garment of Linnen, which the Turks wear next their skin. 1677 Herbert Trav. 115 The better sort of that sex here wear linen Drawers or Calzoons. |