Legging
WordNet
noun
(1) A garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.
- Tight fitting leg coverings worn, for example, to gym.
- One of the legs of a pair of trousers.
- Take the legging and turn up the cuff.
- The process of putting a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
- 2000 McGraw Hill Professional: Michael Williams & Amy Hoffman: Fundamentals of Options Market P128. "As a practical matter, you cannot put on these positions simultaneously at reasonable prices. In order to achieve these positions at a reasonable risk/reward profile, you must put the positions in a series of separate trades. This process is called legging".