[Said to be made up from Gr. ἀντί against + ὑγρός wet + πηλός mud (which should give anthygropē·los)!] Coverings to protect the legs against wet mud; waterproof leggings. (Originally, a proprietary name.)
1848. Kingsley, Yeast, i. (D.). The surgeon of the union, in Macintosh and antigropelos.
1857. Fraser’s Mag., LVI. 350/1. Would he not have stood aghast at the term ‘antigropylos?’ Would it not puzzle a Scaliger or Bentley?
1876. Geo. Eliot, Dan. Der., I. vii. 115. Her brother had on his antigropelos.
