cu·lotte 
(k-lŏt, ky-, klŏt′, ky-)
(k-lŏt, ky-, klŏt′, ky-)n. often culottes
A pair of pants that usually falls between the knees and the ankles and is cut to resemble a skirt.
[French, breeches, diminutive of cul, rump, from Latin cūlus; see (s)keu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]