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trunk hose

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trunk hose
pl.n.
Short ballooning breeches, extending from the waist to midthigh, worn by men in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.

[Perhaps from obsolete trunk, to cut off, from Latin truncre; see truncate.]

trunk hose
n
(Historical Terms) a man's puffed-out breeches reaching to the thighs and worn with tights in the 16th century
[of uncertain origin; perhaps from the obsolete trunk to truncate]
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Noun1.trunk hose - puffed breeches of the 16th and 17th centuries usually worn over hosetrunk hose - puffed breeches of the 16th and 17th centuries usually worn over hose
breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers - trousers ending above the knee


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Around four of the pillars, stalls of merchants, all sparkling with glass and tinsel; around the last three, benches of oak, worn and polished by the trunk hose of the litigants, and the robes of the attorneys.
 
 
 
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