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Part of an equestrian's outfit
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breeches
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Breeches \Breech"es\ (br[i^]ch"[e^]z), n. pl. [OE. brech, brek, AS. br[=e]k, pl. of br[=o]c breech, breeches; akin to Icel. br[=o]k breeches, ODan. brog, D. broek, G. bruch; cf. L. bracae, braccae, which is of Celtic origin. Cf. Brail .] A garment worn ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Breeches ( or ) are an article of clothing covering the body from the waist down, with separate coverings for each leg , usually stopping just below the knee, though in some cases reaching to the ankles. The breeches were normally closed and fastened about ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (plural of breech English) 2 A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. 3 (context informal English) trousers; pantaloons; britches.
Usage examples of breeches.
One of them was dressed as men always had been, in Daniel’s experience, until very recently: a black coat and black breeches with no decorations.
His servant and his friend were tugging at the cuffs, but the breeches seemed to’ve shrunk onto his legs.
He peeled off spatterdashes to reveal breeches and stockings that were only out-moded by six months to a year, and then found a coffee-house of his own, just across Pall Mall from the mysterious shop, along (therefore) the southern limit of St.
But it was good that he did, because his room was otherwise a horror—his dark breeches couldn’t conceal that he had been pissing blood, sometimes sooner than he could get to the chamber-pot.
Meanwhile Lydia was picking up certain of his garments, such as farmers’ breeches and cowherds’ boots, holding them at arm’s length and mugging.
But he pointedly declined to bring his breeches into contact with the bench, a splintery improvisation strewn with pasty-flakes, pipe-ashes, and rat-shite.
Once More into the Breeches had become very popular since its Trinity College debut.
Jack knew that they were passing into diverse rooms because the thresholds barked his hips and ribs and he got fleeting views of servants’ breeches and skirts.
Suddenly—to my indescribable shock—the King’s breeches were down around his ankles.
He was deathly pale and tottering from side to side, but—somewhat incredibly—he was alive, and awake, and buttoning up his own breeches.
The dog had come after me and seized me by the leg of my breeches and held me long enough for the farmer to come after me with a pitchfork.
A hard yank down on his breeches freed his erect penis while binding his thighs together.
Bob was behind her, using her as a screen while he pulled his breeches up with one hand.
Daniel moved to a place where he could see London between trees, dropped his breeches, squatted down on his haunches, and began experimenting with various pelvic settings in hopes of allowing some urine to part with his body.
To go with his tall black wig and his thin black moustache he was wearing an outfit that was, fundamentally, black: the de rigueur three-piece suit of waistcoat, coat, and breeches, all in the same fabric—probably a very fine wool.