English-Thai Dictionary

breeches

N กางเกง ขี่ม้า  kang-keng-ki-ma

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BREECHES

n.plu. brich'es. [Low L. braccoe.] A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs. It is now a close garment; but the word formerly was used for a loose garment, now called trowsers, laxoe braccoe.
To wear the breeches is, in the wife, to usurp the authority of the husband.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BREECHES

Breech "es, n. pl. Etym: [OE. brech, brek, AS. brek, pl. of broc breech, breeches; akin to Icel. brok breeches, ODan. brog, D. broek, G. bruch; cf. L. bracae, braccae, which is of Celtic origin. Cf. Brail. ]

 

1. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue. Coleridge.

 

2. Trousers; pantaloons. [Colloq. ] Breeches buoy, in the life-saving service, a pair of canvas breeches depending from an annular or beltlike life buoy which is usually of cork. This contrivance, inclosing the person to be rescued, is hung by short ropes from a block which runs upon the hawser stretched from the ship to the shore, and is drawn to land by hauling lines. -- Breeches pipe, a forked pipe forming two branches united at one end. -- Knee breeches, breeches coming to the knee, and buckled or fastened there; smallclothes. -- To wear the breeches, to usurp the authority of the husband; -- said of a wife. [Colloq. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

breeches

breech es |ˈbriCHiz, ˈbrē -ˈbrɪtʃɪz | ▶plural noun short trousers fastened just below the knee, now chiefly worn for riding a horse or as part of ceremonial dress. • informal trousers. PHRASES too big for one's breeches see big. ORIGIN Middle English: plural of breech .

 

Breeches Bible

Breech es Bi ble ▶noun the Geneva Bible of 1560, so named because the word breeches is used in Gen. 3:7 for the garments made by Adam and Eve.

 

breeches buoy

breech es bu oy ▶noun a lifebuoy with canvas breeches attached that, when suspended from a rope, can be used to transfer a person to safety from a ship.

 

Oxford Dictionary

breeches

breeches |ˈbrɪtʃɪz, briːtʃɪz | ▶plural noun short trousers fastened just below the knee, now chiefly worn for riding or as part of ceremonial dress. • informal trousers. ORIGIN Middle English: plural of breech .

 

Breeches Bible

Breeches Bible ▶noun the Geneva Bible of 1560, so named because the word breeches is used in Gen. 3:7 for the garments made by Adam and Eve.

 

breeches buoy

breeches buoy ▶noun a lifebuoy with canvas breeches attached which, when suspended from a rope, can be used to hold and transfer a passenger to safety from a ship.

 

Duden Dictionary

Breeches

Bree ches Pluralwort , die Breecheshose |ˈbrɪt͜ʃəs |Pluraletantum englisch breeches, Plural von: breech < altenglisch brēc, Plural von: brōc = Beinbekleidung halblange, an den Oberschenkeln weite, von den Knien abwärts eng gearbeitete Reithose

 

Breecheshose

Bree ches ho se Substantiv, feminin , die Breeches die Breecheshose; Genitiv: der Breecheshose, Plural: die Breecheshosen englisch breeches, Plural von: breech < altenglisch brēc, Plural von: brōc = Beinbekleidung halblange, an den Oberschenkeln weite, von den Knien abwärts eng gearbeitete Reithose

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

breeches

breech es /brɪ́tʃɪz, bríːtʃ -/名詞 〖複数扱い 〗1 (ひざ下でくくった乗馬 儀式 登山用の )半ズボン 〘主に男性が着用 〙.2 ｟おどけて ｠ズボン .too b ì g for one's br é eches 横柄な, 身の程知らずの .～́ b ù oy 二股 （また ）ブイ 〘半ズボン状のものが付いたブイで遭難者の救助運搬に使用 〙.