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jodhpurs, n. pl.|ˈdʒɒdpəz, ˈdʒəʊd-|
Also jodhpor, jodpor(e, judhpur, etc.
[Name of a town and district in Rajasthan, a state in north-western India.]
1. a. Riding-breeches reaching to the ankle, combining breeches and gaiters. Also attrib. in sing. b. Indian trousers cut loosely at the top but close-fitting below the knee.
1899G. W. Steevens In India iv. 28 The Jodhpur riding-breeches—breeches and gaiters all in one piece, as full as you like above the knee, fitting tight below it, without a single button or strap..are on the way to be world-famous. 1913E. M. Forster Let. 1 Jan. in Hill of Devi (1953) 21 My legs were clad in Jodpores made of white muslin. 1925Vogue 1 Sept. 66 Judhpur. 1927Daily Express 14 Nov. 5/2 These ski-ing suits are made with a plain, well-cut coat and jodhpurs or trousers. 1928Ibid. 2 May 13 Finding some new jodhpors in his room, [he] could not resist trying them on. 1931Times 7 May 17/5 Princess Elizabeth of York is shown dressed for a ride with her fair curls shining and wearing a yellow jumper pulled down over her jodhpurs. 1952R. S. Summerhays Elements of Riding (ed. 3) xv. 87 Jodhpurs..are less expensive than breeches. 1957Encycl. Brit. XIII. 80/2 The Jodhpur style of riding breeches (also seen, made of cotton, as normal walking garb in northern India) comprises breeches and gaiters in one. 1969G. Greene Travels with my Aunt i. iii. 19 Men..in tweed coats..split horsily behind, gathered round a girl in jodhpurs. 1973‘B. Mather’ Snowline xvii. 203 The Ismailis..dress in a distinctive style—jodhpurs, silk frock⁓coats and small embroidered skull-caps.
2. jodhpur boot, an ankle-high boot, orig. as worn with jodhpurs.
1939E. Hemingway Fifth Column ii. iii. 61 Dorothy Bridges, wearing..a tweed skirt, wool stockings and jodhpur boots. 1972Police Rev. 10 Nov. 1472/1 (Advt.), Angel (Reg. Brand) Best Jodhpur Boot.
Hence ˈjodhpured a., wearing jodhpurs.
1969Daily Tel. 8 Sept. 10/5 Small, pig-tailed Thelwell girls in voluminous riding-macs that flap round the bottoms of their plump, jodhpured legs. 1971D. Francis Bonecrack vii. 94, I watched the trim jodhpured figure walk off. |