TROUSERS


Meaning of TROUSERS in English

-zə(r)z noun plural

Etymology: alteration (influenced by -ers as in drawers ) of trouse, from Scottish Gaelic triubhas, probably from Old French trebus breeches

1. archaic : trews

2.

a. also trouser : an outer garment extending from the waist to the ankle or sometimes only to or just below the knee, covering each leg separately, made close-fitting or loose-fitting in accord with the fashion of different periods, and worn typically by men and boys

b. trouser noun singular : half or one leg of a pair of trousers

snagged his left trousers on the wire

3. : baggy pantaloons worn by both sexes in the Near East

4. : pantalets

5. also trouserings : the hair on the hindquarters of a dog especially when profuse and full

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