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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
breeches \breech"es\ bri^ch"e^z, n. pl. oe. brech, brek,
as. br=ek, pl. of br=oc breech, breeches; akin to icel.
br=ok breeches, odan. brog, d. broek, g. bruch; cf. l.
bracae, braccae, which is of celtic origin. cf. brail.
1. a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs;
smallclothes.
1913 webster
his jacket was red, and his breeches were blue.
--coleridge.
1913 webster
2. trousers; pantaloons. colloq.
1913 webster
breeches buoy, in the life-saving service, a pair of canvas
breeches depending from an annular or beltlike life buoy
which is usually of cork. this contrivance, inclosing the
person to be rescued, is hung by short ropes from a block
which runs upon the hawser stretched from the ship to the
shore, and is drawn to land by hauling lines.
breeches pipe, a forked pipe forming two branches united at
one end.
knee breeches, breeches coming to the knee, and buckled or
fastened there; smallclothes.
to wear the breeches, to usurp the authority of the
husband; -- said of a wife. colloq.
1913 webster
see also:
brail breeches buoy breeches pipe knee breeches to wear the breeches
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
breeches
n : trousers ending above the knee syn: knee breeches, knee
pants, knickerbockers, knickers
see also:
knee breeches knee pants knickerbockers knickers
- [3] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
breeches
ex. 28:42, rather linen drawers, reaching from the waist to a
little above the knee, worn by the priests ezek. 44:17, 18.
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