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Synonyms for breeches
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : brich-iz, bree-chiz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrɪtʃ ɪz, ˈbri tʃɪz |
Top 10 synonyms for breeches Other synonyms for the word breeches
- accouter
- apparel
- array
- back
- back side
- beam
- bedizen
- bedrape
- behind
- Bermudas
- bloomers
- blue jeans
- bottom
- boxer shorts
- breech
- breeches
- briefs
- britches
- bum
- butt
- butt end
- buttock
- buttocks
- calf-length slacks
- can
- caparison
- Capri pants
- Capris
- chaps
- chinos
- clam diggers
- coat
- cords
- corduroys
- costume
- cropped pants
- croup
- dandify
- deck
- denims
- derrière
- dizen
- drawers
- dud
- duff
- dungarees
- endow
- endue
- enwrap
- fanny
- fit
- fit out
- fundament
- garb
- gown
- guise
- habilitate
- habit
- haunches
- hind end
- hindquarters
- hosiery
- invest
- jacket
- jeans
- jodhpurs
- keister
- knickers
- leggings
- livery
- mantle
- moon
- outfit
- overalls
- pantaloons
- panties
- pedal pushers
- pegged pants
- posterior
- prat
- primp
- raiment
- rear
- rear end
- rig
- robe
- rompers
- rump
- sacrum
- seat
- shorts
- slacks
- sock
- spruce
- stern
- suit up
- swaddle
- swathe
- tail
- tail end
- tights
- tog
- trousers
- tube
- tubing
- turn out
- tush
- underpants
- vest
Définition of breeches
Origin :- c.1200, a double plural, from Old English brec "breeches," which already was plural of broc "garment for the legs and trunk," from Proto-Germanic *brokiz (cf. Old Norse brok, Dutch broek, Danish brog, Old High German bruoh, German Bruch, obsolete since 18c. except in Swiss dialect), perhaps from PIE root *bhreg- (see break (v.)). The Proto-Germanic word is a parallel form to Celtic *bracca, source (via Gaulish) of Latin braca (cf. French braies), and some propose that the Germanic word group is borrowed from Gallo-Latin, others that the Celtic was from Germanic.
- Expanded sense of "part of the body covered by breeches, posterior" led to senses in childbirthing (1670s) and gunnery ("the part of a firearm behind the bore," 1570s). As the popular word for "trousers" in English, displaced in U.S. c.1840 by pants. The Breeches Bible (Geneva Bible of 1560) so called on account of rendition of Gen. iii:7 (already in Wyclif) "They sewed figge leaues together, and made themselues breeches."
- As in pants : noun clothing for legs, lower half of body
- As in rump : noun bottom, posterior of animal or human
- As in seat : noun rear end of animate being
- As in trousers : noun pants
- As in behind : noun buttocks
- As in bottom : noun rear end
- As in pedal pushers : noun pants that end just below the knee
- As in rear end : noun hind part
- As in hose : noun stockings
- As in tush : noun bottom
- As in clothe : verb cover with apparel
- I'll get a pair of ridin' breeches an' boots for you by tomorrow.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Pierre, utterly bewildered, could find neither his breeches nor his cassock.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- The man hath a straight sword within he leg of his breeches.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Then came the ominous clicking of the breeches as cartridges were thrust home.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- It is an excrescence, not an essential garment like the shirt and breeches.
- Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
- His lordship threw off his dressing-gown and stood forth in shirt and breeches.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- Femoralia magistri—the breeches of the master, or the masters breeches.
- Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh
- She turned to Rotherby, who stood there in shirt and breeches and shoeless, as he had fought.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
- I grabbed for Jud, and my fingers caught the knee of his breeches.
- Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
- Eric had worn his breeches a long while before he put them on for the first time.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
Antonyms for breeches
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