BREEKS

Meaning of BREEKS in English

breeches or trousers (pants, if you are an American). The phrase Ye cannae tak' the breeks aff a Heilan' man - you cannot take something I do not have, arose because Highlanders did not have breeks - they wore a kilt!

Scottish slang English vocabulary. Английский словарь шотландского сленга. 2012

BREEKS — noun plural Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) breke, from Old English brēc Date: 14th century breeches
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BREEKS — ˈbrēks noun plural Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) breke pair of breeches, from Old English brēc breeches — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREEKS — /breeks, briks/ , n. ( used with a pl. v. ) Scot. and North Eng. breeches; trousers.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BREEKS — n. (Scottish) pants, breeches, trousers
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BREEKS — noun plural Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) breke, from Old English brēc Date: 14th century chiefly Scottish : breeches
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BREEKS — ■ plural noun chiefly Scottish & N. English another term for breeches .
Concise Oxford English vocab
BREEKS — [breeks] n pl [ME (northern dial.) breke, fr. OE brec] (14c) chiefly Scot: breeches
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BREEKS — breeks BrE AmE briːks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BREEKS — n.pl. Sc. var. of BREECHES.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BREEKS — n.pl. Sc. var. of BREECHES.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BREEKS — n.pl. Sc. var. of BREECHES.
Oxford English vocab
BREEKS — trousers (derived from breeches)
Scottish Slang English vocabulary
BREEKS — употр. с гл. во мн.ч. (диалектизм) брюки, штаны
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREEKS — n употр. с гл. во мн. ч. диал. брюки, штаны
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BREEKS — брюки; штаны
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BREEKS — (n) брюки; штаны
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BREEKS — n употр. с гл. во мн. ч. диал. брюки, штаны
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BREEKS — n употр. с гл. во мн. ч. диал. брюки, штаны
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BREEKS — брюки; штаны
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
BREEKS — употр. с гл. во мн.ч. (диалектизм) брюки, штаны
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREEKS — n. Pronunciation: ' br ē ks, ' briks Function: noun plural Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) breke, from Old English …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
THIR — _thər, (|)thi(ə)r, (|)thu̇(ə)r pronoun Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect), perhaps irregular from Middle English this (I) dialect Britain : these …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREEKUMS — ˈbrēkə̇mz noun plural Etymology: diminutive of breeks Scotland : short breeches
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEATHER
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOOT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a computer starts up/boots up ▪ My computer takes ages to start up in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PANTS — Synonyms and related words : Bermuda shorts, Capri pants, bags, bells, bloomers, blue jeans, breeches, breeks, briefs, britches, buckskins, chivarras, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PANTALOON — Synonyms and related words : Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, breeches, breeks, britches, centenarian, dotard, elder, gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DUNGAREES — Synonyms and related words : Bermuda shorts, Capri pants, bags, bells, bloomers, blue jeans, breeks, buckskins, chivarras, clam diggers, cords, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TROUSERS — n. 25B6; plural noun SLACKS, chinos, jeans; N. Amer. pants; Brit. informal trews, strides, kecks, breeches; Austral. informal daks. See …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PANTS — n. pl. 1 In Britain (men's) drawers, small-clothes, smalls, drawers, underpants, boxer shorts, trunks, undershorts, Y-fronts, briefs, Colloq smalls; (women's) …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Scottish Slang English vocabulary

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