wide+breeches
1Petticoat breeches — were voluminously wide, pleated pants, reminiscent of a skirt, worn by men in Western Europe during the 1650s and early 1660s. The very full loose breeches were usually decorated with loops of ribbons on the waist and around the knee. They were… …
2riding breeches — noun flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots • Syn: ↑jodhpurs, ↑jodhpur breeches • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑trouser, ↑pant …
3Dutchman's-breeches — /duch meuhnz brich iz/, n., pl. Dutchman s breeches. a plant, Dicentra cucullaria, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of pale yellow, two spurred flowers. Also called white eardrop. [1830 40; so called from the shape of the flowers] * * …
4riding breeches — pants made especially for horseback riding; pants that are wide at the top and narrow at the bottom …
51650-1700 in fashion — Fashion in the period 1650 1700 in Western European clothing is characterised by rapid change. Following the end of the Thirty Years War and the Restoration of England s Charles II, military influences in men s clothing were replaced by a brief… …
6rhinegraves — ▪ clothing wide breeches worn by men in the mid 17th century in Europe. The breeches were probably named for Karl Florentin, Rheingraf von Salm. Not unlike a divided skirt, they were sometimes called “petticoat breeches.” They were usually… …
7trunk-hose — n. Large breeches, wide breeches …
8braconnière — |brakən|ye(ə)r noun ( s) Etymology: French, from Middle French braconniere, bragonniere, probably from Old Italian braconi, plural, wide breeches worn by halberdiers, aug. of braca breeches, from Latin braca more at braccae : a 16th century piece …
9Botargo — Bo*tar go, n. [It. bottarga, bottarica; or Sp. botarga; a kind of large sausages, a sort of wide breeches: cf. F. boutargue.] A sort of cake or sausage, made of the salted roes of the mullet, much used on the coast of the Mediterranean as an… …
10Sherryvallies — Sher ry*val lies, n. pl. [Cf. Sp. zaraquelles wide breeches or overalls.] Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback. [Local, U.S.]… …
