Definition of Breeches

1. Noun. Trousers ending above the knee.

Exact synonyms: Knee Breeches, Knee Pants, Knickerbockers, Knickers
Specialized synonyms: Britches, Buckskins, Plus Fours, Trunk Hose
Terms within: Codpiece
Generic synonyms: Pant, Trouser
Language type: Plural, Plural Form

Definition of Breeches

1. n. pl. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.

Definition of Breeches

1. Noun. (plural of breech) ¹

2. Noun. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. ¹

3. Noun. (informal) Trousers; pantaloons; britches. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Breeches

1. breech [v] - See also: breech

Lexicographical Neighbors of Breeches

breech
breech-loading
breech birth
breech births
breech closer
breech delivery
breech extraction
breech presentation
breechblock
breechblocks
breechcloth
breechcloths
breechclout
breechclouts
breeched
breeches (current term)
breeches buoy
breechesmaker
breeching
breechings
breechloader
breechloaders
breechloading
breed in the bone
breed like rabbits
breedable
breedbate
breedbates
breede

Literary usage of Breeches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"The prisoner to bed must get ; They watched—and boned his breeches ! ... Patriots prefer to lie below Bed-clothes—without their breeches! ..."

2. Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical by John Cumberland (1828)
"Brown coat and waistcoat, embroidered buttonholes, black satin breeches, ... MOSES—Black velvet coat, waistcoat and breeches, trimmed with narrow gold lace; ..."

3. Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed by Thomas Dolby, George Damiel, D. G., G. D., John Cumberland (1826)
"Brown coat and waistcoat, embroidered buttonholes, black satin breeches, ... Plain blue coat, yellow waistcoat and breeches, white stockings, and shoes. ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1840)
"But of that ancient, sweet, and wholesome custom anon. At present I must maintain the respectability of breeches—they are Greek, as the very name implies, ..."

5. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1809)
"... -breeches AND CLOTH-breeches. Wherein it plainely set downt the Disorders in all Estates and Trades. London : Imprinted by lohn Wolfe, and are to bee ..."

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