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... 8 KB (1,038 words) - 15:28, 8 April 2024 |
Dicentra cucullaria (redirect from Dutchman's breeches) Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's britches, or Dutchman's breeches, is a perennial herbaceous plant, native to rich woods of eastern North America, with... 8 KB (889 words) - 11:04, 15 June 2023 |
Jodhpurs (redirect from Jodhpur Breeches) 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... 13 KB (1,398 words) - 20:08, 9 November 2023 |
Geneva Bible (redirect from Breeches Bible) Geneva Bible Geneva Bible 1560 edition Full name Geneva Bible Other names Breeches Bible NT published 1557 Complete Bible published 1560 Derived from Tyndale... 22 KB (2,182 words) - 22:42, 13 April 2024 |
Acanthus (plant) (redirect from Bear's breeches) other nectar feeding organisms. Common names include Acanthus and bear's breeches. The generic name derives from the Greek term ἄκανθος (akanthos) for Acanthus... 9 KB (777 words) - 07:48, 27 January 2024 |
Spanish breeches (gregüescos in Spanish) are a type of breeches or trousers for men, short, baggy (harem pants) and ungathered, usually accompanied by... 2 KB (220 words) - 00:14, 30 December 2023 |
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... 7 KB (733 words) - 22:39, 19 December 2023 |
Fins", "Lappish Breeches"); gjaldbuxur ("Money Trousers", "Money Breeches"); nábuxur/nábrók ("Dead-man's pantaloons", "Corpse Breeches"); or Papeyarbuxur... 18 KB (1,561 words) - 00:00, 16 April 2024 |
Churidar (redirect from Moghul breeches) 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... 4 KB (420 words) - 17:31, 3 April 2024 |
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... 10 KB (1,110 words) - 14:33, 9 March 2024 |
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... 47 KB (5,115 words) - 02:52, 3 April 2024 |
Martingale (clothing) (redirect from Martingale breeches) 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... 5 KB (522 words) - 05:03, 4 June 2023 |
Acanthus spinosus (redirect from Spiny bear's breeches) United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965. How to grow: Acanthus – Telegraph BBC – Gardening: Plant Finder – Bear's breeches... 2 KB (191 words) - 00:58, 25 October 2022 |
1700–1750 in Western fashion (section 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... 32 KB (4,029 words) - 11:44, 31 December 2023 |
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... 4 KB (154 words) - 21:54, 25 September 2023 |
Daniele da Volterra (redirect from Breeches Maker) vestments and loincloths. This earned him the nickname Il Braghettone ("the breeches maker"). Daniele Ricciarelli was born in Volterra (in present-day Tuscany)... 12 KB (1,208 words) - 09:49, 8 April 2024 |
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... 6 KB (613 words) - 17:29, 17 April 2024 |
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... 1 KB (164 words) - 03:26, 23 April 2022 |
Bearskin (German fairy tale) (redirect from The Devil's Breeches) 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... 13 KB (1,783 words) - 14:29, 18 March 2024 |
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... 32 KB (4,025 words) - 11:36, 28 January 2024 |
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... 50 KB (5,596 words) - 15:51, 4 April 2024 |
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... 6 KB (724 words) - 10:36, 16 October 2023 |