noun · rare

breeches

breeches · breecheses

бриджі, брічи

бриджи

Breeches, Kniehose

A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighsA garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.

/ˈbɹiː.t͡ʃɪz/

» It's not easy to put breeches on a cat.

Meaning

2 senses

(historical, plural, plural only)A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.
Breeches, Kniehose
бри́джиbrídži, бриджиbridži
бриджіbrydži, брічиbričy
(informal, plural, plural only)Trousers; pantaloons.

More definitions

(used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee

Examples

2 sentences

It's not easy to put breeches on a cat.
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It was a boy dressed in ragged velveteen breeches, and thin discoloured shirt.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs:

Русский

By meaning 1

a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs:

Origin

From Middle English breches, brechen pl, a variant of Middle English breche, brech, brek (

From Middle English breches, brechen pl, a variant of Middle English breche, brech, brek (“breeches”), from Old English brēċ (“underpants”), the plural of brōc (“legging, buttocks”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōk, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“crotch, legging, trousers”).

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