knee-breeches
noun/ˌniːˈbɹɪtʃɪz/UK/ˌniˈbɹɪtʃəz/US
Etymology
From knee + breeches.
- inherited from *brōk✻
- derived from breche
- inherited from breches, brechen
Definitions
Breeches reaching down to or just below the knee.
- This Eben did every day till he grew out of knee-breeches into long corduroy trousers.
- Practically everyone in the army wore corduroy knee-breeches, but there the uniformity ended.
- All over British Africa, speakers in their traditional wigs and knee-breeches presided over the rectangular debating chambers of the Westminster model, in which ‘government’ and ‘opposition’ sat facing each other.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA