Owen Crocker summaries male leggings as either being tight trousers, tights (trousers with integral feet) or suspended stockings (hose) [OWEN-CROCKER 2004:p.255]. It appears that wearing hose, usually worn with a pair of shorts known as 'Brais' originated as a mediterranean fashion. In the Germanic north trousers seem to have been the norm.[*citation needed]
==Trousers , tailored tight to the leg and made from wool==
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|width="600pt"|''Tights are tightly tailored trousers with integral feet''
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*Thorsberg trousers, 2 pairs – one had separate sown in feet, Roman [EWING 2007:p.74]
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==Trousers, tailored loose in the leg and made from wool ==
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