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Definition of Breeches

1. Noun. Trousers ending above the knee.

Definition of Breeches

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

Definition of Breeches

1. Noun. (plural of breech) ¹

2. Noun. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. ¹

3. Noun. (informal) Trousers; pantaloons; britches. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Breeches

1. breech [v] - See also: breech

Lexicographical Neighbors of Breeches

Literary usage of Breeches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"The prisoner to bed must get ; They watched—and boned his breeches ! ... Patriots prefer to lie below Bed-clothes—without their breeches! ..."

2. Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical by John Cumberland (1828)
"Brown coat and waistcoat, embroidered buttonholes, black satin breeches, ... MOSES—Black velvet coat, waistcoat and breeches, trimmed with narrow gold lace; ..."

3. Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed by Thomas Dolby, George Damiel, D. G., G. D., John Cumberland (1826)
"Brown coat and waistcoat, embroidered buttonholes, black satin breeches, ... Plain blue coat, yellow waistcoat and breeches, white stockings, and shoes. ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1840)
"But of that ancient, sweet, and wholesome custom anon. At present I must maintain the respectability of breeches—they are Greek, as the very name implies, ..."

5. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1809)
"... -breeches AND CLOTH-breeches. Wherein it plainely set downt the Disorders in all Estates and Trades. London : Imprinted by lohn Wolfe, and are to bee ..."

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