gaskin

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  1. noun The part of the hind leg of a horse or related animal between the stifle and the hock.
  2. noun Obsolete Galligaskins.

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  • The Number One DJ Collection - 80s / 1980s vol 03 / 02 - dave stewarft with barbara gaskin - it's my party. —  Torrentreactor.Net
  • The term, _thigh_, is usually applied to the part of the hind leg above the gaskin; but, correctly speaking, it is the part of the hind leg above the stifle. —  The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.
  • He was clothed with tatters of old ships 'canvas and old sea-cloth, and this extraordinary patchwork was all held together by a system of the most various and incongruous fastenings, brass buttons, bits of stick, and loops of tarry gaskin. —  Treasure Island
  • Tags: contest ctrip portman ritz carlton ritz carlton sam gaskin tweet twitter twitter contest —  Shanghaiist
 

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  1. Probably short for galligaskins.

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  1. Also gasken, gascoign, gascoigne, ult. ‘of Gascony,’ from Old French Gascoigne: see Gascon.
 

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