Definition of Breeches
Breech´es
Pronunciation:
brĭch´ĕz
n. pl.
1.
A
garment
worn
by
men
,
covering
the
hips
and
thighs
;
smallclothes
.
His
jacket
was
red
,
and
his
breeches
were
blue
.
- Coleridge.
2.
Trousers
;
pantaloons
.
Breeches buoy
in
the
life-saving
service
,
a
pair
of
canvas
breeches
depending
from
an
annular
or
beltlike
life
buoy
which
is
usually
of
cork
.
This
contrivance
,
inclosing
the
person
to
be
rescued
,
is
hung
by
short
ropes
from
a
block
which
runs
upon
the
hawser
stretched
from
the
ship
to
the
shore
,
and
is
drawn
to
land
by
hauling
lines
.
Breeches pipe
a
forked
pipe
forming
two
branches
united
at
one
end
.
Knee breeches
breeches
coming
to
the
knee
,
and
buckled
or
fastened
there
;
smallclothes
.
To wear the breeches
to
usurp
the
authority
of
the
husband
; -
said
of
a
wife
.
Related Words
britches
,
buckskins
,
codpiece
,
knee
breeches
,
knee
pants
,
knickerbockers
,
knickers
,
pants
,
plus
fours
,
trousers
,
trunk
hose
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breechclout
breeched
Breeches buoy
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