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Webster 1913 Edition
Sherryvallies
Sher′ry-valˊlies
,Noun.
pl.
[Cf. Sp.
zaraquelles
wide breeches or overalls.] Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback.
[Local, U.S.]
Bartlett.
Definition 2024
sherryvallies
sherryvallies
English
Noun
sherryvallies pl (plural only)
- (historical) Thick loose riding-trousers, fastened on the outside of each leg.
- 1860: Many years ago, when the facilities for travelling were not as great as now, and when journeys were made on horseback, sherryvallies were indispensable to the traveller. — John Russell Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms (Brown Little 1860, p. 399)