# canion

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. One of a pair of fitted tubes of cloth worn in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries below short trunk hose and above stockings to cover the leg in between them, sometimes joined to the hose (sometimes reduced to ornamental rolls terminating the legs of the hose), and sometimes joined to each other as breeches worn under the hose.
2. Obsolete form of canyon.

## Etymology
As a term for clothing, apparently from Spanish cañón (“tube; cannon; canyon”); as a term for canyon, certainly from there.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/canion