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breeches
noun as in pants
noun as in pedal pushers
Example Sentences
Early on, and briefly, waiters were unfortunately tricked out in white wigs and satin knee breeches, a la Versailles-on-the-Venice-canals.
He wears a fashionable doublet, breeches, stockings, chunky strapped shoes and a tall felt hat with a buckle in the hatband.
After she dismounted from her horse, a trainer noticed a split in her riding breeches and observed: "They weren't made for women's backsides."
Black Rod's uniform consists of black shoes, buckles, breeches and a coat, as well as silk stockings.
In his memoir, “Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics,” Biden acknowledged discovering a polo mallet, riding breeches and other markers of a privileged life in his father’s closet.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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