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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legging/#m1)

2) Leggings: warm outer coverings for the legs, worn over trousers in snow, or by soldiers and riders in the past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legging/#m2)

3) The singular «legging» means one leg of such a garment, and is rare. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legging/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legging/#x1)
- I need a new pair of leggings for PE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legging/#x2)
- My little sister has leggings with stars on them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legging/#x3)
- In winter I wear leggings under my jeans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legging/#x4)
- The old soldier wore leather leggings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legging/#x5)
- One legging had a hole at the knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legging/#x6)
- Are leggings allowed with the school uniform? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legging/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/49-blisters-astro-burns-and-nosebleeds-mid-match/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «legging» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legging/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.