canions

Noun

 * 1) * 1611, R. Richmond, preface to Thomas Coryat, Coryat's Crudities:
 * For nought fears he backbiters' nips in doublet or in canions.
 * 1) * c. 1615–1657, Middleton, More Dissemblers Besides Women, i. 4.
 * Come, you are so modest now, 'tis pity that thou wast ever bred to be thrust through a pair of canions; thou wouldst have made a pretty foolish waiting-woman, but for one thing.
 * For nought fears he backbiters' nips in doublet or in canions.
 * 1) * c. 1615–1657, Middleton, More Dissemblers Besides Women, i. 4.
 * Come, you are so modest now, 'tis pity that thou wast ever bred to be thrust through a pair of canions; thou wouldst have made a pretty foolish waiting-woman, but for one thing.