A garment covering the loins and thighs: at first perhaps only a ‘breech-cloth’; later reaching to the… in Middle English usually brēch, breech as…

A garment covering the loins and thighs; = breech, n. 1. Formerly in singular. Obsolete.

A knee-length pair of trousers or a similar undergarment; a pair of breeches. Usually in plural.

Sometimes: an article of clothing for the legs and loins, = breeches, drawers; esp. in phrase doublet, n.… Usually in plural (hosen, hoses, hose)…

A garment covering the loins and thighs: at first perhaps only a ‘breech-cloth’; later reaching to the… Now always in plural breeches/ˈbrɪtʃɪz/, or a…

In plural. Breeches which extend just over the knees. Cf. netherstock, n. Obsolete.

With plural agreement. Breeches; trews (trews, n. 1).

With plural agreement. Breeches; trews (trews, n. 1). Cf. strossers, n., trouse, n.2

The action of clothing with breeches; concrete clothing for the breech or haunches (obsolete).

plural. Hose, trousers. Obsolete.

Trousers (in various senses). In early use: spec. breeches or trews.

Breeches; knee breeches. Cf. small, n.2 9b(a). Now historical.

breeches reaching down to, or just below, the knee.

In plural. Small clothes, breeches. Now historical and rare.

Short breeks, knee-breeches.

Knee-breeches; also culotte courte. (Rare in English use.)

plural. Breeches. (Cf. indispensable, n. c.)

In plural. Leggings, breeches. Obsolete. rare.

Any trousers which are not full-length, such as knickerbockers, breeches, short trousers, shorts, etc. Later also: trousers for small children…

plural. Trousers. Also occasionally breeches; jeans. slang.

Singular of knee-breeches.