[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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