Breeches (/ˈbrɪtʃɪz, ˈbriː-/ BRITCH-iz, BREE-chiz) are an article of clothing covering the body from the waist down, with separate coverings for each leg...

A breeches buoy is a rope-based rescue device used to extract people from wrecked vessels, or to transfer people from one place to another in situations...

A breeches role (also pants role or trouser role, or Hosenrolle) is one in which an actress appears in male clothing. Breeches, tight-fitting knee-length...

Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's britches, or Dutchman's breeches, is a perennial herbaceous plant, native to rich woods of eastern North America, with...

Petticoat breeches were voluminously wide, pleated pants, reminiscent of a skirt, worn by men in Western Europe during the 1650s and early 1660s. The very...

continued use of tall boots and breeches. Though the term "jodhpurs" was applied colloquially to this style of breeches, they were not true jodhpurs and...

Geneva Bible Geneva Bible 1560 edition Full name Geneva Bible Other names Breeches Bible NT published 1557 Complete Bible published 1560 Derived from Tyndale...

other nectar feeding organisms. Common names include Acanthus and bear's breeches. The generic name derives from the Greek term ἄκανθος (akanthos) for Acanthus...

Spanish breeches (gregüescos in Spanish) are a type of breeches or trousers for men, short, baggy (harem pants) and ungathered, usually accompanied by...

Yellow Breeches Creek, also known as Callapatscink Creek, Callapatschink Creek (Lenape for "where it returns") or Shawnee Creek is a 56.1-mile-long (90...

Fins", "Lappish Breeches"); gjaldbuxur ("Money Trousers", "Money Breeches"); nábuxur/nábrók ("Dead-man's pantaloons", "Corpse Breeches"); or Papeyarbuxur...

churidar-like pants worn in India were referred to by the British as Moghul breeches, long-drawers, or mosquito drawers. Churidars are usually worn with a kameez...

the body. The term can refer to either split skirts, historical men's breeches, or women's underpants; this is an example of fashion-industry words taken...

Ragnar Lodbrok ("Ragnar hairy-breeches") (Old Norse: Ragnarr loðbrók), according to legends, was a Viking hero and a Swedish and Danish king. He is known...

originated in the 15th–16th centuries when a design of a man's martingale breeches included a flap between the legs buttoned to the belt in the back. The...

United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965. How to grow: Acanthus – Telegraph BBC – Gardening: Plant Finder – Bear's breeches...

his breeches. A German prince shows his stiff turned-back cuffs, embroidered in gold, as is the centre of his coat, stockings over his breeches. Back...

The Breeches Lake (in French: Lac Breeches) is located 24 km south of Thetford Mines, in the municipality of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown. It...

vestments and loincloths. This earned him the nickname Il Braghettone ("the breeches maker"). Daniele Ricciarelli was born in Volterra (in present-day Tuscany)...

common form of lower-body clothing for adult males in the modern world. Breeches were worn instead of trousers in early modern Europe by some men in higher...

came to be known as sans-culottes because they could not afford silk breeches and wore less expensive pantaloons instead. The term was first used as...

Scots term for trousers or breeches. It is also used in Northumbrian English. From this it might be inferred that breeches and breeks relate to the Latin...

Fairy Book. Italo Calvino included another Italian version, "The Devil's Breeches" from Bologna, in his Italian Folktales. The tale is classified as Aarne–Thompson...

decorative exuberance which then sobered into the coat, waistcoat and breeches costume that would reign for the next century and a half. In the normal...

headdresses the distinctive fashion of the 1770s. For men, waistcoats and breeches of previous decades continued to be fashionable. English style was defined...

became cutaway, more attention was paid to the cut and fit of the breeches. Breeches fitted snugly and had a fall-front opening. Low-heeled leather shoes...

called a "petticoat"), a cravat (a precursor of the necktie), a wig, knee breeches (trousers), and a hat. The paintings of Jan Steen, Pieter Bruegel the Elder...

through the 17th century, when the style fell out of use in favour of breeches and stockings. The old plural form of "hose" was "hosen". In German these...

tall or broad hats with brims. For men, hose disappeared in favour of breeches. The silhouette, which was essentially close to the body with tight sleeves...

ribbon points were pulled through eyelets on the breeches and the waist of the doublet to keep the breeches in place, and were tied in elaborate bows. James...