| plus fours pl.n. Loose knickers bagging below the knees, worn formerly for sports. [From the fact that they were four inches longer than ordinary knickers.] |
plus fours
pl n
(Clothing & Fashion) men's baggy knickerbockers reaching below the knee, now only worn for hunting, golf, etc.
[so called because the trousers are made with four inches of material to hang over at the knee]
plus fours - Got their name (c. 1920) from the fact that such trousers were made four inches longer than standard knickerbockers or shorts, which came to just above the knee.
See also related terms for trousers.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  plus fours - men's baggy knickers hanging below the knees; formerly worn for sports (especially golf)golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
Translations
plus fours
pl → Knickerbocker pl
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