breeches

breech  (brch)

n.

1. The lower rear portion of the human trunk; the buttocks.

2.

a. A breech presentation or delivery.

b. A fetus in breech presentation.

3. breeches

a. Knee breeches.

b. Informal Trousers.

4. The part of a firearm behind the barrel.

5. The lower part of a pulley block.

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[Middle English brech, from Old English brc, pl. of brc, leg covering, Gaulish brca, hose, trousers.]

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breeches [ˈbrɪtʃɪz ˈbriː-]

pl n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) trousers extending to the knee or just below, worn for riding, mountaineering, etc

2. (Clothing & Fashion) Informal or dialect any trousers

too big for one's breeches conceited; unduly self-confident

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

breeches - trousers ending above the knee       knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers britches - informal term for breeches buckskins - breeches made of buckskin codpiece - (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches plus fours - men's baggy knickers hanging below the knees; formerly worn for sports (especially golf) trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" trunk hose - puffed breeches of the 16th and 17th centuries usually worn over hose plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Translations

breeches [ˈbriːtʃɪz]

A. NPL → calzones mpl
riding breeches → pantalones mpl de montar
to wear the breeches → llevar los pantalones or calzones

B. CPD breeches buoy N (Naut) → boya f pantalón

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breeches [ˈbrɪtʃɪz ˈbriːtʃɪz] npl (old-fashioned) → culotte f

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breeches

pl → Kniehose f; (= riding breeches) → Reithose f; (for hiking) → (Knie)bundhose f

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breeches [ˈbrɪtʃɪz] npl (knee breeches) → calzoni mpl alla zuava; (riding breeches) → pantaloni mpl da cavallo

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breeches

n pl breeches [ˈbritʃiz, (American ) ˈbri:-]

trousers, especially ones coming just below the knee riding breeches. broek, kort broek سروال، بنطلون بريتشيز панталони kraťasy knæbukser; -bukser die Kniehose παντελόνι που δένει κάτω από το γόνατο calzones, pantalones de montar (põlv)püksid شلواری که تا زیر زانو می آید polvihousut culotte מִכְנָסֵי שְׁלוֹשֶת-רִבעֵי जांघिया jahaće hlače térdnadrág celana (hné)buxur; reiðbuxur calzoni 半ズボン 반바지 bridžiai, kelnės bikses līdz ceļiem celana kniebroek (kne-/ride)bukser, knickers spodnie, bryczesy calçOes pantaloni scurţi бриджи pumpky hlače do kolen pumparice knäbyxor, ridbyxor กางเกงขี่ม้า; กางเกงสามส่วน pantolon 長褲，馬褲 бриджі پتلون quần ống túm 裤子，马裤