Two undershirts, balbriggan or woollen.
"Notes of a War Correspondent"
Richard Harding Davis
His nether extremities were encased in high balbriggan buskins dyed in lichen purple, the feet being shod with brogues of salted cowhide laced with the windpipe of the same beast.
"Ulysses"
James Joyce
Drogheda is about thirty miles north of Dublin, near the mouth of the River Boyne, and the ride thither, for the most part close beside the sea, is not of special interest, as the coast is flat and the only town of any importance on the way is balbriggan, celebrated for its hosiery.
"The Charm of Ireland"
Burton Egbert Stevenson