nicky-tam

Etymology
From knickerbockers (due to the shape that the trouser legs adopt) + taum (a cord).

Noun

 * 1) A pair of straps or pieces of string tied around the leg below the knee to raise trousers above the level of farmyard dirt.
 * 2) * Use for ditching.
 * 3) * A Pair of Nicky-Tams Folk song.
 * 4) The same to prevent the ingress of dust and vermin up the trouser leg.
 * 5) * Keeping rats out.
 * 6)  A simpleton or country yokel.
 * 7) * Interview with Sir Nicky Tam in the Aberdeen Voice.
 * 8) * See also "A Pair of Nicky-Tams".