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Women's trousers, cut to resemble a skirt
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culottes
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Word definitions for culottes in dictionaries
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 ...
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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a divided skirt [syn: culotte ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A type of loose shorts which look like a skirt; a divided skirt.
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.