breeches
Example Sentences
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His red coat with black trim, red waistcoat with hand-stitched buttonholes and gold regimental buttons, and white breeches “represent the only complete uniform of the Revolutionary war.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
He wears a fashionable doublet, breeches, stockings, chunky strapped shoes and a tall felt hat with a buckle in the hatband.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025
The uniform consists of black shoes, buckles, breeches and a coat, as well as silk stockings.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023
When the play begins, a troupe of actors, costumed in skirts and breeches that gesture toward the Elizabethan, are about to put on a new show, “The London Merchant.”
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023
The horsewoman, who wore rough canvas breeches and rode like a man, said nothing to the witches.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing breeches
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