Sentence:  …he went awkwardly in these clothes at first: wearing the drawers was very awkward to him, and the sleeves of the waistcoat <WSD>galled</WSD> his shoulders and the inside of his arms; but a little easing them where he complained they hurt him, and using himself to them, he took to them at length very well. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.