trews

trews

T0342800 (tro͞oz)pl.n. Close-fitting trousers, usually of tartan.

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[Variant of obsolete trouse; see trouser.]

trews

(truːz) pl n (Clothing & Fashion) chiefly Brit close-fitting trousers, esp of tartan cloth and worn by certain Scottish soldiers[C16: from Scottish Gaelic triubhas, from Old French trebus; see trousers]

trews

(tro̅o̅z),
n. (used with a pl. v.) trousers, esp. short, close-fitting tartan trousers worn by certain Scottish regiments. [1560–70; < Irish, Scottish Gaelic triubhas, probably < Old French trebus hose, breeches, obscurely akin to early Medieval Latin tibracus, tubracus stocking]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

trews - tight-fitting trousers; usually of tartantrouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers"plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Translations

calzoni di tartan