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

He wears a fashionable doublet, breeches, stockings, chunky strapped shoes and a tall felt hat with a buckle in the hatband.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

Black Rod's uniform consists of black shoes, buckles, breeches and a coat, as well as silk stockings.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024

It’s also not the kind of story you tell if you plan to ally yourself with the boy who fouled his breeches.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2024

There was a pair of Uncle Lome’s old breeches Aunt Jenifer said he might have, but he confided only in Rab.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes