† scavilones, n. pl. Obs. rare.
[Of obscure origin: cf. scabilonian.]
‘Long drawers worn under the hose by men in Queen Elizabeth's time’ (J. R. Planché Cycl. Costume 1876, I. 447).
| 1577 Holinshed Chron. II. 1859/2 Nayler put off hys nether stockes, and so bare foote and bare legged saue hys silke scauilones to the ankles..came in. |