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noun
- (plural of, breech)
- A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.
- 1829, w:Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and w:Robert_Southey, Robert Southey, "The Devil's Thoughts,"
- :And how then was the Devil drest?
- :Oh! he was in his Sunday's best:
- :His jacket was red and his were blue,
- :And there was a hole where the tail came through.
- (colloquial) Trousers; pantaloons; britches.
Etymology: brech, brek, brecOld English, brÄc, plural of brc breech, breeches; akin to Icelandic brók breeches, Old Danish brog, Dutch broek, German bruch; compare Latin bracae, braccae, which is of Celtic origin. Compare brail.
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