CULOTTES


Meaning of CULOTTES in English

/ kjuːˈlɒts; NAmE kuːˈlɑːts/ noun

[ pl. ] women's wide short trousers / pants that are made to look like a skirt :

a pair of culottes

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: French , knee breeches , diminutive of cul rump, from Latin culus .

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