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Definition of Knee breeches
1. Noun. Trousers ending above the knee.
Specialized synonyms: Britches, Buckskins, Plus Fours, Trunk Hose
Terms within: Codpiece
Generic synonyms: Pant, Trouser
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knee Breeches
Literary usage of Knee breeches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cycling by William Coutts Keppel Albemarle, George Lacy Hillier (1887)
"limbs should encase them in pretty closely fitting knee-breeches. In general the
bicyclist will be found to adopt the tighter knee- breeches, ..."
2. Others, an Anthology of the New Verse by Alfred Kreymborg (1916)
"WALLACE STEVENS THE FLORIST WEARS KNEE-BREECHES My flowers are reflected In your
mind As you are reflected in your glass. When you look at them, ..."
3. Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin by Laurence Binyon (1900)
"(6) STUDY OF A MAN'S LEGS IN knee breeches. Black chalk on blueish paper, heightened
with white. (9) (a) (6) (c) STUDIES or LEGS AND FEET, in costume. ..."
4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1903)
"The earliest good example of knee-breeches shown is that of Richard Chester (1632,
... These long knee-breeches were fastened below the knee with ribbons, ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1908)
"Even after broadcloth came into general use, waistcoat and knee-breeches were still
... Knee- breeches, now quite tight-fitting, were worn over the knee, ..."
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