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A divided skirt
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culottes
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
culottes \culottes\ n. pl. a type of women's trousers with wide legs cut loose and full so as to resemble a skirt. Syn: culotte. [WordNet 1.5] ||
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a divided skirt [syn: culotte ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A one-piece red culottes suit given by former Eastenders star Anita Dobson has still to be sold. ▪ But they can keep the dressy culottes and pantsuits as long as they are part of a coordinated outfit. ▪ C Longer-length culottes ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"a divided skirt," 1911, from French culotte "breeches" (16c.), a diminutive of cul "bottom, backside, backside, anus," from Latin culus "bottom, fundament." Earlier, in the singular cullote , it was used to mean "knee-breeches" (1842). Por le cul dieu ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A type of loose shorts which look like a skirt; a divided skirt.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Culottes are items of clothing worn on the lower half. The case of culottes meaning split skirts, historical men's breeches, or women's under-pants is an example of fashion-industry words taken from designs across history, languages and cultures, then using ...
Usage examples of culottes.
She was wearing baggy culottes and pink Reebok tennis shoes and a blousy top that was tied off beneath her breasts so that her belly was bare.
But really, this disheveled boy in camp shirt and boating culottes didn't much resemble the Bascal Edward you saw on TV.
The culottes were lavender, the capri pants were yellow and white checked gingham printed with daisies, and the jeans were embroidered.
Her long, glossy black hair was coiled up into a Psyche knot, and she wore a white low-cat frilly blouse and very tight green-and-red striped culottes.
Something involving heresy and the whore of Babylon as well as skorts and culottes.