breechlessadj.
/ˈbriːtʃlɪs/ Without breeches; bare or naked about the buttocks.
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breechless?a1400
unbreecheda1616
sansculotted1795
breechesless1822
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1048 His brode lendez, He bekez by þe bale fyre, and breklesse hyme semede.
1470 J. Hardyng Chron. l. iii This stone..On whiche ye Scottish Kynges wer brechelesse set At their coronomente.
1638 Songs Costume (1849) 141 Some like breechless women go, The Russ, Turk, Jew, and Grecian.
1821 W. Scott Pirate I. v. 99 A breekless loon frae Lochaber.
1864 Sat. Rev. 18 711/1 Even a breechless islander, of the man Friday cast, would revolt at the idea.
1864 J. C. Atkinson Whitby Gloss. at Breeks They were sarkless and breekless.
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