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trousersn. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English trouses , trouse n.2 Etymology: Alteration of trouses, plural of trouse n.2 (compare β. forms at that entry), apparently after other words for paired items ending in -ers , which are the plurals of formations with -er suffix1 (probably especially drawers, plural of drawer n.; compare sense 10 at that entry), but also, from other semantic fields, pliers n., a pair of pincers at pincer n. 1, pair of twitchers at twitcher n. 2a, etc. Slightly earlier currency is probably implied by strossers n.With the rare, but apparently earliest form trossers (suggesting a short vowel) compare similar forms at strossers n. (both of which are found earliest in the context of English theatre, not with direct reference to the culture of Scotland or Ireland). These may perhaps show influence from trosse , early variant of truss n. (compare truss n. 3b and the discussion at trouse n.2). Compare also early modern English trusser , kind of undergarment, perhaps a loincloth (1578 in an apparently isolated attestation), unidentified item of clothing (in the work cited in quot. 1598 at strossers n.), both apparently specific uses of trusser n. Use of singular forms. The singular forms (compare β. forms) are attested earliest in simplex use (see branch II.), but are subsequently most commonly found in compounds and derivatives (compare Compounds 1, trousered adj., trouser suit n., etc.). I. In plural form, with plural agreement. 1. 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 > to which stockings were attached a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe ii. iii, in (1647) sig. Nn4v/2 [Addressed to an Irish character.] I'le have you flead, and trossers made of thy skin to tumble in. 1633 T. Stafford i. xviii. 106 Cloathed in a simple mantle, and torne trowsers. 1753 Extracts Trial J. Stewart in June 293/1 Stewart had on blue and white trowsers. 1876 10 Oct. 7/5 Never yet have I seen the picture of a Highland gentleman.., depicted in either kilt or belted plaid... When I do so, he always weareth the comely and ancient trews, trousers, braccæ, or breeks, which become mightily a lithe and limber leg. 1956 13 391 The old Irish trews or trousers..came down to the feet and had straps which went under the arch of the foot; the stockings being, as it were, the still surviving legs of the vanished trews. 1676 R. Wiseman i. xviii. 85 By laced Stockings and Trowzers the Swellings in his Legs and Thighs went off. 1701 W. Hicks (ed. 8) 262 The School-Master in His trouzers hath been, And bumbast Doublet, long space. 1763 J. Bell I. 227 Trousers and hose of the same kind of skin both of one piece and tight to the limbs. 1912 II. 321 After the accession of Henry VIII,..the petticoat was laid aside; and..there was substituted the tight hose, or trousers, closely resembling the Norman chaussees. 2. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers 1681 No. 1661/4 John Clarke, a stout Man,..in..a pair of Buck skin Leather Breeches..(sometimes wearing Trousers over his Breeches) rid away on a Grey Gelding. 1697 M. Pix iv. 35 Gentil has a large pair of Trowsers; that I'll swear—For you made him bring my Lady home half a Venison Pasty in 'em. 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort I. Life 9 All he could afford himself was a Thrum-cap, Linen Trowzers, and a Pair of Wooden Shoes. 1731 Nov. 474/2 Instead of Breeches, he proposes that the Ladies should wear Trowsers, which will be particularly convenient for those who have not handsome Legs. 1741 J. Parry 188 Trowzers are commonly wore by those that ride post down into the North, and are very warm; at the same time they keep the Coat, Breeches, &c., very clean, by being wore over them. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter i. iii. 29 Orellana and his companions..having prepared their weapons, and thrown off their trouzers and the more cumbrous part of their dress, came all together on the quarter-deck. 1769 J. Cook 6 Jan. (1955) I. 39 Gave to each of the People a Fearnought Jacket and a pair of trowsers. 1771 W. Wales in (Royal Soc.) 60 108 Breeches made of seal, or deer skin, much in the form of our seamens short trousers. 1786 Sept. 814/1 Twenty-five boys belonging to the Marine Society, in new jackets and trowsers. 1814 Duke of Wellington (1838) XI. 504 I beg leave to recommend that 20,000 shirts, 20,000 pairs of socks or stockings and 6,000 pairs of trousers should be sent out to Tarragona. 1869 E. A. Parkes (ed. 3) 415 Shortly before or during the Peninsular war trousers were introduced. 1917 1 Apr. 16/1 ‘Ye'll come back to Ballymoyle wid me, if ye plaze’, sez he, whoile the rain was pourin' down his trouses. 1958 E. Dominy Introd. 11 When practising judo we wear..a loose jacket..and loose linen trousers. 1989 J. Melville (1990) ii. 22 Otani removed his shirt, tie, jacket, trousers and socks. 2016 3 Feb. 18/4 It's those tiny innate decisions about whether you put on a pair of trousers or a body-con dress that give you a different perspective. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > wide or loose 1773 E. Ives i. xiv. 223 It was agreed that each of us..should take with him 30 suits of linnen, one European suit of clothes.., and Arabian Camaline, trousers, Turban and slippers. 1775 R. Chandler xix. 66 Their ladies wear..large trowsers or breeches, which reach to the ancle. 1810 E. D. Clarke xiii. 293 The dress of a Cossack girl is elegant; a silk tunic, with trowsers fastened by a girdle of solid silver [etc.]. 1815 M. Elphinstone iii. ii. 367 The Murwuts..are tall, fair men, and wear a pair of loose trowsers, something thrown over their shoulders, and a handkerchief tied round their heads. 1882 E. A. Floyer 256 He had the ordinary white calico trowsers. 1913 D. Bray ii. 31 A girl should be put into trousers as soon as she is two, or at the most four. 2019 (Nexis) 28 Feb. Her wardrobe was filled with shalwar kameez, the colourful silk tunic and trousers that many Pakistani women traditionally wear. 1776 E. Gibbon I. xi. 315 The emperor Tetricus..as well as his son, whom he had created Augustus, was dressed in Gallic trowsers, a saffron tunic, and a robe of purple. 1834 J. R. Planché 8 They wore close trousers, which they called bracæ; these trousers, an article of apparel by which all barbaric nations seem to have been distinguished from the Romans. 1887 2 Sept. 7/2 One of its [sc. the dress of Celtic Gaul's] chief constituents were the braccae or trousers which accordingly became to the Roman the symbol of the barbarian. 1953 D. W. Lovelace vii. 87 His short tunic and neck scarf were silk, his Gaulish trousers were fine gray wool, and a red wool cloak floated loosely over his horse's rump. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > wide or loose > frilled 1817 M. Stanley Let. June in J. H. Adeane (1899) 404 We..were insulted by the presence of Charlotte in a green silk Spencer, green silk boots, and trowsers to the ankle much below the petticoat. 1839 C. Dickens xiv. 122 Her little girls..wore little white trousers with frills round the ancles. 1844 56 Ladies' Wearing Apparel... Trowsers with Worked Bottoms. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ I. i. xii. 230 His hearty affection for the Rector dated from the age of frocks and trousers. 1873 J. Ashby-Sterry 95 Do girls go to juvenile dances in the present day in short frocks, frilled trousers, and broad blue sashes? I trow not. 1969 D. M. Stuart xii. 243 The little girl with the long, frilly trousers showing beneath her flounced skirt. 4. 1854 W. B. Jerrold vii. 136 The wild gentlemen who are now fanatically worshipping the golden plumage and feathery trousers of Cochin China fowls. 1909 A. Blackwood xv. 198 The owl fluttered away, blinking its eyes more rapidly than ever in a kind of surprised fury, shaking out its fluffy trousers. 1982 P. Steyn 18/1 White feathers appear round the crop and on the ‘trousers’. 2001 D. A. Christie & J. Ferguson-Lees 683/2 Well-streaked breast, strongly mottled and more solid looking dark belly-band and wing-linings.., and heavily barred trousers and crissum. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > parts of > (parts of) leg and foot a1907 Ld. John Hay Let. in R. Leighton (1907) 446/1 They [sc. Peking spaniels (as opposed to Pekinese ‘palace dogs’)] are seldom so well provided with hair on the feet, and the trousers do not go down far enough. 1949 L. E. Naylor v. 44 They [sc. poodles] enjoy having any kind of smart clip, because they dislike their trousers being muddy. 2004 E. Geeson 232/1 The coat..has a dense ruff and is well feathered on the forelegs. The trousers are profuse. The keeshond is not feathered below the hocks. II. In singular form. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in (1721) I. i. 440 Of the old British Trowser. 1823 W. Scott I. Introd. p. xi All the rest was moustache, pelisse, and calico trowser. 1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson i. 2 I have scarcely a decent trouser in my wardrobe. 1921 E. T. Raymond 270 Its uniforms are one with the tight military trouser and the bustled skirt. 2011 12 May 39/2 The lower-than-hip-hugging Bumster trouser..is credited as the origin of the low-rise fad. 6. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > parts of > leg 1862 20 Dec. 398/2 Blinkers was now occupied in affectionately chewing Mr Fudge's left trouser. 1880 S. Benton vi. 74 If a man's leg is broken it is dangerous to try and pull his trousers off, it is best to slit up the trouser of the injured leg at the outside seam. 1954 M. Reiss vi. 52 One trouser was pinned up and he was using a willow-fork for a crutch. 2003 R. Powers 326 My right trouser was torn and blood oozed from my shin. 1893 M. Cholmondeley I. v. 88 A little palm near had its one slender leg draped in an impromptu Turkish trouser, made out of an amber handkerchief. 1899 M. Cholmondeley ix One melancholy Scotch fir embarrassed by its trouser of ivy. 1905 A. P. Beddard (ed. 2) iii. vi. 301 Dissect out a gastrocnemius muscle and place it, without a ‘trouser’ of skin, in a watch glass containing distilled water. 1983 M. Sousanis 102 Calzon means ‘trouser’.., and this hearty peasant dish from Spain was originally a ‘trouser’ of bread dough stuffed with sausages. Phrasessociety > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > be dominant member of household [verb (intransitive)] society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > be or become married woman [verb (intransitive)] > act as a wife > domineer over husband 1841 29 Aug. 274/2 We are equal to them, if they venture to rouse us; They may wear petticoats, but we wear the trousers. 1864 21 July 8/2 One can easily see that Betty wears the trousers, and that I stand..on precisely the same plane of discipline as the children. I submit, because in submission there is peace. 1931 R. Campbell i. 11 It is you must ‘wear the trousers’ now. 1962 ii. 15 It is essential to realize that here the notion of perceiving indirectly wears the trousers. 2015 A. Titley tr. M. Ó Cadhain v. 128 It's not every man would want to marry a woman who wears the trousers. the world > people > person > man > [noun] > any man 1858 9 Apr. 5/5 Women are sold by parents from Circassia, and they mean by the sale precisely the same as the fashionable woman now means when she calls a good match for her darling Jane anything in trowsers with twenty thousand a year. 1879 Mar. 412 A mediæval young man who is as like her as anything in trousers can be like anything in petticoats. 1887 14 May 3/1 They go crazy over everything that wears trousers. 1953 H. Pakington xxix. 147 She..went on to imply, though in more refined language, that nothing in trousers was safe within fifty miles of Miss Newlyn. 1979 A. Price i. 9 Anything in trousers was as much Target for Tonight to Marilyn Francis as Marilyn Francis was for anything in trousers. 2014 10 Sept. (Times2 section) 4/4 They chat up anything in trousers. the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adverb] 1910 2 Nov. (City ed.) 5/6 I still would face your Nordenfelts and Mausers—But (as our English friends would aptly say) Not in these trousers! 1931 E. Raymond iv. ii. 318 Tib said, I ought to come along to the meetin' and hear him, but I said, ‘Not in these trousers, old lady.’ 1939 J. Cary 247 You think perhaps we leave the money in the till and you tief 'em. Not in these trousers, Mister Poldedoodle. 1954 1 Jan. 8/7 ‘Would you care to become a member—subscription £2 2s?’ ‘Not on yer life!..Appeals for this, appeals for that, button-days every week, art unions—don't believe in any of 'em—no, not in these trousers.’ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > unprepared [phrase] 1926 G. J. Nathan 95 It [sc. dramatic criticism]..would..show them..no mercy and so would leave them with their trousers down. 1928 28 July 5/2 He [sc. a bookmaker] has a good line on the ponies and is seldom caught with his trousers down. 1967 ‘F. Clifford’ ii. vii. 234 By that time the shooting will seem to be as haphazard as can possibly be, as if we'd almost been caught with our trousers down. 1980 J. Gardner ii. vii. 186 A job... Took us by surprise: with the trousers down. 2021 (Nexis) 3 Mar. The council will be judged harshly by residents if it is caught with its trousers down by visitor numbers this year. Compounds Most of these compounds are chiefly British (cf. note at sense 2a). C1. Compounds with trouser. 1829 2 May 292/1 Next come a few characteristics of a scientific age—as patent trouser-straps, to ‘prevent the dirt getting between the strap and the boot, &c.’. 1836 4 Oct. On taking the prisoner into custody, I found in his trouser pockets the two loaded pistols now produced. 1849 G. Cupples Green Hand vi, in Dec. 729/2 One of his long trowser-legs. 1896 ‘Iota’ 251 John..flicked an atom of fluff off his trouser-knee. 1918 J. Joyce Ulysses Proteus in May 44 The slits of his buttoned trouser-fly. 1920 Dec. 18 The newly-arrived male immigrant is..noticeable at once by his tweed cap, soft collar, turned-up trouser hem, the thick soles of his boots and the apple-red of his cheeks. 1960 P. G. Wodehouse viii. 90 Gives a woman a start, naturally, to come into her son's bedroom and observe an alien trouser-seat sticking out from under the dressing table. 2020 (Nexis) 4 May The Little Mix star had both hands in her trouser pockets as she worked up a storm for Instagram. 1831 23 Aug. S. K. Solomon, Breeches and Trouser Maker and Tailor. 1843 1 Dec. Employing Foremen of experience in every department, Coat-making, Vest-making, Trouser-making, Hunting Breeches making, &c. &c. 1859 19 Apr. 2/1 Constant Employment for good Machine Hands, Baisters, Trouser Finishers, and Coat Finishers. 1947 14 26 The trouser manufacturers urge us to ‘Sit Down More’, while the shoe manufacturers beseech us to ‘Stand Up More’. 2008 9 Dec. (Life section) 4/1 On a three-piece suit, you'll have a salesman, the cutter; the coat-maker; the waistcoatmaker, the trousermaker. the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > fart or belch > [noun] 1978 ‘Ivor Biggun’ I've Parted (Misprint) (transcribed from song) in ‘Ivor Biggun & The Red-Nosed Burglars’ I've farted, I've farted, I've made a trouser cough. 1998 (Nexis) 22 Aug. (Computers section) 11 This site offers a weekly recording of a fart for your aural perusal, along with a critique of said trouser trumpet. 2003 (Nexis) 2 Mar. 27 A raising of the left cheek, a trouser burp that wiped the sanctimonious smile off the face of our Prime Minister. 2020 @patdigdeep 5 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 11 Nov. 2020) Online training session..with two others. Webcam off, forgotten to mute mic & let out a chilli ramen earth trembler of a trouser toot. d. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > parts of > waistband 1858 24 Dec. 427/3 I always took the precaution before I sat down to table of undoing my trouser-band and waistcoat strings. 1916 F. H. Spearman v. 67 He hitched his trouser band near to the butt of his revolver with his right hand, and laid his left on the jamb of the door. 2004 (Nexis) 17 Mar. 6 During his time in custody a small piece of cannabis resin was found tucked between his trouser band and his back. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > parts of > leg > other 1852 24 Dec. 12/5 He asked for a brush to clean his clothes, his boots and trouser bottoms being much daubed with clay and very dirty. 1920 D. H. Lawrence xxiv. 388 He..pulled on his boots. They were sodden, as were his socks and trouser-bottoms. 2015 J. Donoghue x. 64 Emil says a silent prayer that he has the correct number of buttons on his jacket and that there is not too much mud on his trouser bottoms. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > suspenders or braces for 1847 17 Apr. 383/1 (advt.) Not Pair of Braces, but Brace. The Equi-Pollent Trouser Brace... Gentlemen who study to dress well must use this brace, which, being mathematically constructed, suspends the Trousers equally—behind as well as before. 1852 27 Oct. A glove..and a trouser-brace were picked up on the spot... The prisoner, when apprehended, had but one brace to his trousers. 1943 W. H. Beveridge xiii. 154 The finance of the Social Insurance Scheme is not rigid: it is elastic. The best trouser braces are elastic. 2018 (Nexis) 26 June He was wearing smart black trousers, a black short-sleeved shirt with a collar and a set of trouser braces featuring a distinctive orange line. 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 > other 1724 G. Vertue (1930) I. 129 The King in his common habit & trouser breeches. 1762 H. Walpole II. i. 1 James..hated novelties. He..hunted in the most cumbrous and inconvenient of all dresses, a ruff and trowser breeches. 1795 F. Lathom i. ii. 18 Smatt...What colour shall the pantaloons be? Sir George. The what? Smatt. Trowser breeches, trowser breeches, sir George. Sir George. Trousers! why damme I am not going back to sea. Smatt. Ha, ha, ha..; no..you do not take me, sir, inexpressibles, smalls I mean, from the breast-bone to the shoe. 1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell I. 142 What glimpses of long-gone summers; of long-gone human beings in fringed trowser-breeches, in starched ruff, in hood and fardingdale. 1928 12 Sept. 10/1 The Maharajah..wears those famous trouser-breeches which are named Jodhpurs after his own State. 2006 23 Sept. (Magazine) 108/1 It was set in 1847... It was just really flattering—we wore high trouser breeches and these beautiful shirts with great big billowing arms on them. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > clips for 1889 29 Nov. 6/7 Cyclists' trouser clips. 1895 1379/2 Lucas's Trouser Clips. Per pair 0/3. 1908 H. G. Wells ii. 33 A small, dissolute-looking shop in the High Street, adorned with..a display of bells, trouser-clips, oil cans..and other accessories. 1970 K. Giles i. 11 Horace Drood adjusted his trouser clips and resentfully pedalled off. 2009 (Nexis) 30 Sept. 2 Gormley shuffles uncomfortably, stares down at his trouser clips. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > parts of > leg > turn-up 1896 8 May 7/2 A newly invented ‘Trouser Cuff’ or guard for bicycle riders; used with the ordinary clisp [read clips]. 1908 31 Mar. When fickle Dame Fashion dictates that a zone of haughty hosiery must be exposed between the deftly turned trouser cuffs and the saucy shiny shoes, the dandy neophyte, craving favor, makes up to conform to specifications. 1933 19 June 1/7 Protection for cyclists. Mudguards from 2/- a pair. Trouser cuffs, cloth, 3d pair. Trouser cuffs, rubber, 1/- pair. Chain protectors, 4/6 each. 1982 H. Engel (1983) xxiii. 207 I squeezed water from my shoes and trouser cuffs. 2015 H. S. Cross xxxviii. 324 His shoes and socks had come off, his trouser cuffs been rolled up, and his feet were dangling off the platform into the smooth canal. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > pressing or ironing > ironing or pressing implements 1880 Feb. 104 Mr. Goody, a Yorkshireman, we believe.., has invented a trouser-press which most effectually prevents the bagginess that has long been the bête noir of men who care about the set of their trousers. 1991 19 Oct. (Sat. Review) 19/1 The wigstands..will prove handy for those who can't find anywhere on their Corby trouser presses to hang their toupees. 2007 A. Enright (2008) xxxix. 255 Here, you can pause to look at the information in the leatherette binder, after which, you might move to the trouser press and the box with runners on the top where you are supposed to leave your case. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making other clothing > [noun] > making trousers > one who > one who carries out specific process the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > pressing or ironing > ironing or pressing implements 1888 10 Nov. The Famous Wilson Bedford Trouser Presser, which by the way, is the best and cheapest Presser in the market. 1942 M.P. McNair et al. xi. 562 Common electrical household appliances, including bread toasters.., juice extractors, trouser pressers, percolators, waffle irons, and so on. 2012 @demipf 17 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 31 Mar. 2021) Omg there's a trouser presser in the hotel room! I wish I had bought some trousers to press!! 2015 (Nexis) 5 Dec. Ms Hicks..suffered only one bad day in her role as chief trouser presser, when she forgot the steaming machine. 1897 5 Aug. 6/1 Miss Florence Lloyd follows Miss Phyllis Broughton as Lord Clanside; she already has experience—at the Vaudeville—of a ‘coat-and-trouser’ rôle. 1903 24 Sept. 307/2 Miss [Vesta] Tilley, who is not accustomed to skirt-wearing on the stage, is quoted as expressing her gratification at the opportunity to appear in a nearly non-trouser role.] 1914 (film title) Lola's trouser role [Ger. Lolas Hosenrolle]. 2000 4 Oct. 36/2 In preparation for playing Viola, she performed Shakespeare's other major trouser-role. 2004 Aug. 67/3 In..Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice as Amor, Marion Harousseau has the buzzing vibrato we associate with trouser roles. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > wide or loose the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > wide at top and narrow at bottom 1883 30 Sept. 1/2 Although a titled lady is reported as having worn the bifurcated or divided skirt..at one of the court balls at Windsor Castle.., those who advocate these trouser skirts have a long road before them ere they can popularise the style. 1910 27 Nov. 7/5 The Turkish trouser skirt... Caught together between the feet, it leaves two soft, clinging trouser bottoms which drape about the ankles. 1963 I. Morris in tr. I. Saikaku (1969) 333 The hakama is the ancient ceremonial trouser skirt of stiff silk which is worn (chiefly by men and boys) over the kimono and tied about the waist. 1988 (Nexis) 15 July Some of the [Bosnian] workers wore the traditional headscarves and colorful oriental trouser-skirts of the area. 2021 (Nexis) 23 Mar. (Style Guide) Post-pandemic workwear is seeing a rise of..maxi skirts.., trouser skirts, etc. They are versatile and don't take a lot to pair with basically anything. the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun] > penis 1968 B. Humphries I got this air hostess up to me sheilah trap—uncoiled the old one-eyed trouser snake. 1976 A. Boot & M. Thomas 76/2 To reduce them to awe and wonderment at the size of his great Texas trouser snake. 2005 (Nexis) 5 Mar. 22 Lee was game and let his trouser snake loose. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > [noun] > gaiter or legging > types of > gaiters or leggings 1883 45 The Trouser-Stockings..and Cork Jackets are indispensable adjuncts [sc. of a life-saving outfit]. 1990 8 Apr. h3/2 Trouser stockings offer a range of options this spring for women who wear pants. Lightweight enough to fit in a dressy loafer or flat, the nylon knee-highs come in a range of textures and patterns. 2016 21 Nov. d2/3 Socks can make quite a statement, especially these knee-high trouser-stockings. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > parts of > leg > band passing under foot 1829 2 May 292/1 Next come a few characteristics of a scientific age—as patent trouser-straps, to ‘prevent the dirt getting between the strap and the boot, &c.’. 1841 4 176/2 Improved apparatus to be attached to trowsers, commonly called trowser-straps. 1860 E. Falkener ii. 202 German hobnailed boots and leather trouser-straps. 2020 (Nexis) 12 Jan. Three-piece suits were worn with trouser straps under the shoes. 1880 10 Jan. 27/2 Goody's patent trouser stretcher. Gentlemen..have long been much troubled with the tendency of their trousers to ‘bag’ at the knee... To remedy this defect, Mr Goody has invented a simple yet efficient machine, which first stretches the trousers and then smoothes them by screw pressure. 1968 28 Jan. iv. a/4 (advt.) Reg. $2 trouser stretcher; fits all adult sizes. 2003 1 Mar. a44/1 There are more trouser stretchers out there than we thought. Linda..from Northampton and Doris of Salisbury know of two catalogs that carry the stretchers. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > wearing trousers > one who 1843 J. T. J. Hewlett I. x. 270 Mr. Thrillington, who was one of the top-boot and breeches school, now extinguished by the silver-forkers and trowser-wearers, prided himself on his port. 1910 24 July (Worker's Mag. section) v. 3/2 Drag her out to the park, where you can give her a good talking to. Show her you're the trouser wearer. 1933 26 Nov. 46/2 That Half Hour for Men..is interesting entertainment for women as well as the trouser wearers. 1968 28 Apr. 7/3 [How do you tell girls from boys?] If the object is wearing a mini-skirt, have no fear. Very few boys wear these—at least so far. A long-haired trouser-wearer can be anything. 2002 26 May (Style section) s5/3 Asked if her mother is the trouser-wearer in the household, Osbourne says: ‘Stupid question. All mothers are.’ 2017 @rosieatlarge 1 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 2 May 2021) Katharine Hepburn was the greatest trouser wearer of the 20th century. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing trousers 1884 13 June 4/3 The country would be delivered over to petticoat rule. No able-bodied male patriot would stand a ghost of a chance in the matter of getting an office. The trouser-wearing portion of the nation would be forced to take back seats. 1912 3 Aug. 269/2 Another opportunity..likely to be specially appreciated by the trouser-wearing section of the visitors, was a view..of the ceremonies which must be performed before due worship can be paid to Lady Nicotine. 1957 16 652 The government is often seen personified by the trouser-wearing public servant whose professional language (English) and city ways have traditionally set him at a distance from the people to whom he is, in theory, now responsible. 2018 25 Nov. 21/3 Chopin would be romantically linked with other women but his only lasting relationship was with the trouser-wearing, cigar-smoking George Sand. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > parts of > fastening 1940 30 July 5/4 (headline) Trouser zip puzzled him. 1966 44 Lightning Trouser Zipps. 2019 (Nexis) 24 Aug. 42 I realised after the interview my trouser zip was down. C2. Compounds with trousers. Although compounds with trousers are often recorded earliest, those with trouser are now more usual.1826 18 Nov. 209/2 Mr. Abernethy said,—Pho, pho; and walked off with his hands in his trowsers pockets. 1835 9 May Long Shooting Gaiters..are exactly in shape as trousers' legs from the knee downwards, and to button up the sides, with narrow straps at the bottom. 1852 J. S. Coyne 9 I demand your card, sir?.. You'll find it in my left-hand trowsers' pocket. 1909 E. Banks 37 A strip of his trousers-lining. 1965 VI. 422/3 A pair of straps..tied by farmworkers over the trousers-legs immediately below the knee to keep the legs clear of the soil and dust, etc. 2006 26 Nov. 63/1 I jammed the wallet into my front-right trousers pocket. 1831 28 Sept. S. K. Solomon, Breeches, Trousers Maker, and Tailor. 1859 2 Nov. 8/5 Wanted, Waistcoat Makers and Trousers Finishers. 1863 21 Feb. 5/2 A first-rate Artist, of London celebrity, a professed Trousers Designer of unsurpassed ability. 1887 W. Westall III. ii. 20 She was a trousers finisher. 1906 8 Mar. 6 Her work of trousers-making yields her a good deal less than a penny an hour. 1963 Oct. 13/1 (caption) ‘Yanqui Mamita’ is what sewing women call Darwin May. A graduate in economics, he had to learn trousers tailoring in order to teach. 2013 (Nexis) 6 Sept. (Finance section) 1 Five years ago Challenge Overseas, a trousers manufacturer, paid 40 million rupees..to buy the..top floor of a decrepit, four-story factory building. 1838 Nov. 489 I took him round the waist or trousers band. 1842 12 Mar. His trousers bottoms were ‘splashed’. 1842 23 July 6/5 William Jackson was indicted for stealing a pair of trousers' braces, a pen-knife, and pocket-comb. a1852 H. Bourne Let. in (1902) 21 June 489/2 That trousers-wearing, beer-drinking Clowes will never get to heaven. 1869 C. H. Ross 1 iv. xi. 272 It must do a cynic's heart good to know that the female mind can conceive such a preposterously robust, manly, diabolically clever ideal of a trousers-wearer. 1869 5 Aug. 1/4 Trousers pressers wanted; those used to shrinking preferred. 1906 25 Apr. 8/2 The crease..savours of the automatic trousers-pressers,..rather than of the hot iron of the tailor. 1908 13 July 10/4 The trousers cuffs, the frilly pocket flaps, and other innovations are to be tabooed. 1961 25 Mar. b13/2 Miss Resnik is superb in the trousers role. 2016 (Nexis) 1 Mar. He [sc. an MP] had paid a quick visit to the gents just before he was due to make a speech and snarled up his trousers zip, leaving an aperture in a very delicate area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.a1625 |
