breeched
Put in trousers
Breeched means clothed in breeches—knee-length trousers.
Historically, the term marked a childhood milestone: young boys wore dresses until around age five, when they were formally breeched and given their first pair of breeches.
The boy was breeched on his fifth birthday.
The practice faded by the early twentieth century.
Loose pants to knee
- jodhpursHip-flared equestrian trousers
- pantaloonsClose-fitting historical trousers
- britchesInformal term for trousers
- short trousersPants cut above knee
Undergarments beneath skirts
- christeningCeremony naming a child
- boyhoodMale youth period
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
milestone · toddler · infancy · transition · short-coated · childhood · tradition · victorian
knickers
Loose pants to knee
- jodhpursHip-flared equestrian trousers
- pantaloonsClose-fitting historical trousers
- britchesInformal term for trousers
riding pants · short trousers · smallclothes · culottes · buckskins
petticoats
Undergarments beneath skirts
- christeningCeremony naming a child
- boyhoodMale youth period
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
ceremony · milestone · toddler · infancy · transition · short-coated · childhood · tradition · victorian
barrel
Hooped cylindrical vessel
cartridge · chamber · musket · rifle · artillery · shotgun · flintlock · powder · bolt-action · ammunition
breached
Broke past a barrier
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
siege · citadel · stronghold · bastion · battlement · barricade · palisade · parapet · bulwark · defense
- breech birthBaby delivered bottom-first
- riding breechesFitted trousers for equestrians
- too big for one's breechesBehaving above one's position
- breech baby
- breech positionFetus presenting buttocks first
- knee breechesTrousers cut at leg joint