knee breeches

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knee breeches

pl.n.

Trousers extending down to or just below the knee.

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Noun

knee breeches - trousers ending above the 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

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