OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 21501

breeches

/ˈbɹiː.t͡ʃɪz/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
calzones
A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.
"In the coach in which I rode, there was a vacant seat till our arrival in Birmingham. Leaving Birmingham I found it filled with a fat Englishman, in drab breeches and gaiter boots…
And how then was the Devil drest? / Oh! he was in his Sunday's best: / His jacket was red and his breeches were blue, / And there was a hole where the tail came through.