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Definition of Tights

1. Noun. Skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls.

Definition of Tights

1. n. pl. Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.

Definition of Tights

1. Noun. A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet. ¹

2. Noun. A similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers. ¹

3. Noun. In blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tights

1. a close-fitting garment [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tights

Literary usage of Tights

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

1. The American Boys Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard (1890)
"First put on your stockings ; then pull on the tights, allowing the straps to fit under the foot. Next put on the trunks, and pull the bottom of the legs of ..."

2. Twelfth Night: Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare (2001)
"Pink silk tights tied over the knee with silk garters. Low shoes. ... Brown silk tights, cross-gartered. Lace ruffle and cuffs. Low shoes. ..."

3. The Life and Professional Career of Emma Abbott by Sadie E. Martin (1891)
"CHAPTER V. 'HE story that the first Mapleson-Abbott ' "tilt" was because the latter refused to wear "tights" upon which her manager insisted, is untrue. ..."

4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Tech World 23:547-50 D '14 How air tights water—and fire. St N 42:899-905 Ag '15 Mother ship for submarines. Sci Am 112:430 My 8 '15 Notable ..."

5. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1911)
"... black-silk tights, votion to the highest ideals. In his art he was conscientious, laborious, and thor- Irving dressed Hamlet in a close-fitting ough. ..."

6. Curiosities of the American Stage by Laurence Hutton (1890)
"Friday, in coffee-colored tights and blackened face, was naturally a prominent figure. The pantomime was produced at the Theatre Royal, Bath, ..."

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