trunk hose

trunk hose

pl.n. Short ballooning breeches, extending from the waist to mid-thigh, worn by men in Europe in the 1500s and 1600s.

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[Perhaps from obsolete trunk, to cut off, from Latin truncāre; see truncate.]

trunk hose

n (Historical Terms) a man's puffed-out breeches reaching to the thighs and worn with tights in the 16th century [C17: of uncertain origin; perhaps from the obsolete trunk to truncate]

trunk′ hose`

n. full, baglike breeches reaching to the middle of the thigh or lower, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. [1615–25]

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trunk hose - puffed breeches of the 16th and 17th centuries usually worn over hosebreeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers - trousers ending above the knee