/ ˈtraʊzəz; NAmE -zərz/ ( especially BrE ) ( NAmE usually pants ) noun
[ pl. ] a piece of clothing that covers the body from the waist down and is divided into two parts to cover each leg separately :
a pair of grey trousers
I was still in short trousers (= still only a boy) at the time.
He dropped his trousers.
► trou·ser adjective [ only before noun ]:
trouser pockets
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IDIOMS
see catch verb , wear verb
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from archaic trouse (singular) from Irish triús and Scottish Gaelic triubhas (see trews ), on the pattern of drawers .