Definition of breeches

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

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Codpiece :: Codpiece (n.) A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous..
Waistband :: Waistband (n.) The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like..
Stock :: Stock (n.) A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings)..
Brogues :: Brogues (n. pl.) Breeches.
Hose :: Hose (n.) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee..
Gaskins :: Gaskins (n.pl.) Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins.
Sans-culotte :: Sans-culotte (n.) A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons..
Short :: Short (n.) Breeches; shortclothes.
Pantaloon :: Pantaloon (n.) A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one..
Inexpressibles :: Inexpressibles (n. pl.) Breeches; trousers.
Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To put into, or clothe with, breeches..
Slop :: Slop (v. i.) A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural.
Unmentionables :: Unmentionables (n. pl.) The breeches; trousers.
Corduroy :: Corduroy (n.) Trousers or breeches of corduroy.
Bombard :: Bombard (n.) Padded breeches.
Unbreech :: Unbreech (v. t.) To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches.
Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To cover as with breeches.
Galligaskins :: Galligaskins (n. pl.) Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.
Dicentra :: Dicentra (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis)..
Hanselines :: Hanselines (n.) A sort of breeches.
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