单词 | petticoat breeches |
释义 | > as lemmaspetticoat breeches petticoat breeches n. now historical loose wide breeches with legs resembling skirts, spec. those fashionable during the early reign of Charles II. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches > wide or loose slops1481 slopper1549 gally breeches1567 gally hose1567 gaskin breeches1573 gaskins1573 galligaskin1577 galligaskin breeches1577 galligaskin1592 slivings1601 gregs1611 petticoat breeches1658 Rhinegrave1667 bushel-breeches1834 romper1922 1658 R. Holme Notebk. (modernized text) in F. W. Fairholt Costume in Eng. (1885) 255 Short-waisted doublet and petticoat-breeches, the lining lower than the breeches tied above the knee. 1775 J. Strutt Horda Angel-Cynnan II. 101 Here we see the open sleeve and the short-waisted doublet, with the petticoat breeches. 1846 F. W. Fairholt Costume in Eng. (1885) Gloss. at Breeches Towards the end of the reign of Charles the petticoat-breeches were discarded. 1997 Independent (Nexis) 7 June (Books section) 7 I find it quite possible to imagine, say, Tony Blair rigged out in the petticoat breeches of his Parliamentary predecessors 300 years ago. < as lemmas |
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