breeches
Example Sentences
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His red coat with black trim, red waistcoat with hand-stitched buttonholes and gold regimental buttons, and white breeches “represent the only complete uniform of the Revolutionary war.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Black Rod's uniform consists of black shoes, buckles, breeches and a coat, as well as silk stockings.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024
“We were able to borrow lots of absolutely original French Revolution coats and breeches, which we then took patterns from and made copies of. We used that for mass production,” Crossman said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023
When the play begins, a troupe of actors, costumed in skirts and breeches that gesture toward the Elizabethan, are about to put on a new show, “The London Merchant.”
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023
And feathers: almost all the puppets wore an assortment of feathers as hair or headdresses, or cloaks or breeches.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
