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canion

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: K AE1 N Y AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, in-plural, often

Examples

  • 1975, Doreen Yarwood, European Costume: 4000 Years of Fashion, Larousse Kingfisher Chambers [...] playing a decorated upper hose or canion beneath on the thigh (510C, H).

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Obsolete form of canyon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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