legging

«legging» in Mova's school dictionary: Leggings: tight, stretchy trousers, usually for girls and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (legging, leggings – almost always plural: a pair of leggings)

meaning for a pupil

1) Leggings: tight, stretchy trousers, usually for girls and women, worn for sport, dance or everyday. tree →

2) Leggings: warm outer coverings for the legs, worn over trousers in snow, or by soldiers and riders in the past. tree →

3) The singular «legging» means one leg of such a garment, and is rare. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and children's clothes: leggings for PE, dance, under a skirt or dress. In stories from long ago: a cowboy's or soldier's leggings. School uniform rules sometimes mention leggings. Phrases: «a pair of leggings», «black leggings», «leggings and a T-shirt».

examples

• She wore black leggings to dance class. tree →
• I need a new pair of leggings for PE. tree →
• My little sister has leggings with stars on them. tree →
• In winter I wear leggings under my jeans. tree →
• The old soldier wore leather leggings. tree →
• One legging had a hole at the knee. tree →
• Are leggings allowed with the school uniform? tree →

note

Usually plural: «leggings are», «a pair of leggings» (like «trousers», «jeans»). The singular «legging» appears only when talking about one leg. «Tights» cover the feet; leggings stop at the ankle or calf.

In the corpora

• Artificial grass scrapes bare skin more than real grass, so long socks, leggings or sliding shorts protect the legs.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «legging» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.