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

The uniform consists of black shoes, buckles, breeches and a coat, as well as silk stockings.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

Wearing a traditional Cambodian-Thai jacket and breeches in shiny cream-colored silk, he danced and crooned as a crowd of hundreds milled around.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2023

The Comédie-Française’s actors undoubtedly look good in knee breeches, but you’d be hard-pressed to know what they, or Delétang, make of the revolution based on this production.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

I was bare-legged and barefoot, in my shirt, without breeches, hieb, or coat; but I had my pack.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin