leging

Questions about leging

What does leging mean?

leging means "a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)".

How many syllables are in leging?

leging has 2 syllables and divides as le-ging under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for leging?

Close synonyms include legging, leg covering. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leging a common word?

leging is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.