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Definition of Trowsers
1. n. pl. Same as Trousers.
Definition of Trowsers
1. Noun. (obsolete spelling of trousers) (defdate 17th-19th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trowsers
1. trousers [n] - See also: trousers
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trowsers
Literary usage of Trowsers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed by Thomas Dolby, George Damiel, D. G., G. D., John Cumberland (1827)
"MEDIUM—Plain brown coat and waistcoat, blue striped trowsers, white stockings,
... Blue jacket, light waistcoat, cord trowsers, white stockings and shoes. ..."
2. Historical Sketch of the Old Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers by John Wesley Hanson (1866)
"Before coming home, however, they were furnished with a sort of Zouave suit,
consisting of gray voltigeur jackets, single-breasted, with full trowsers, ..."
3. Six Months in America by Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1832)
"... trowsers, the fangs did not touch him; the brute could not extricate itself,
and hung upon him till stunned by repeated blows from his gun. ..."
4. Social Life of the Chinese: With Some Account of the Religious, Governmental by Justus Doolittle (1865)
"Warding off unfavorable Influences into the trowsers.—Thanks- giving to "Mother."—Shaving
the Child's head when one Month old.— Child sits on a Chair when ..."
5. Life and Letters of Catharine M. Sedgwick by Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Mary Elizabeth Dewey (1871)
"But there is a sad reverse to this picture ; and when I see him come forward in
his own character, in his jacket and trowsers, and square collar and frill, ..."
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