canions

plural noun

can·​ions

ˈkanyənz

: close-fitting usually ornamental kneepieces joining the upper and lower parts of the leg covering and worn by men especially in Elizabethan and Jacobean England

Word History

Etymology

Spanish cañones, plural of cañón, literally, tube, pipe, from caña reed, from Latin canna

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