breeches
Knee-length riding pants
Breeches are trousers that end just below the knee, typically fastened with buttons or buckles.
Once standard men's attire, they now appear mainly in equestrian contexts, historical costume, and ceremonial dress.
The word survives in phrases like too big for your breeches, meaning arrogantly overconfident, and breeches buoy, a rescue device.
Breeches is always plural; a single garment is still a pair of breeches.
Loose breeches gathered at knee
- pantaloonsClose-fitting historical trousers
- hoseFlexible fluid conduit
- buckledFailed under stress
- knee-lengthReaching the leg's bend
doublet · waistcoat · colonial · Victorian · Edwardian · renaissance · Georgian · Regency
Hip-flared equestrian trousers
- ridingControlling while mounted
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- horsebackAtop a steed
- dressageCompetitive precision riding
stirrups · canter · trot · gallop · reins · bridle · eventing · jumping
knickerbockers
Loose breeches gathered at knee
- pantaloonsClose-fitting historical trousers
- hoseFlexible fluid conduit
- buckledFailed under stress
knee-length · doublet · waistcoat · colonial · Victorian · Edwardian · renaissance · Georgian · Regency · periwig
jodhpurs
Hip-flared equestrian trousers
dressage · stirrups · canter · trot · gallop · reins · bridle · eventing · jumping · paddock
livery
Identifying uniform or colors
military · regimental · naval · officer · parade · uniform · tailored · velvet · satin · white
leather
Tanned animal skin
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- farrierOne who shoes horses
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
sailcloth · durable · reinforced · apron · smithy · trade · craftsman · fieldwork · laborer · homespun
- breechesslops
- traditional pantsdhoti, lungi, harem pants, lederhosen, gaucho pants
- riding pantsjodhpurs
- clothingdress, apparel, attire, jeans, garment
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, queens
- horseback ridinghorseback riding, horse riding, horses, horse, pony
breechestrousers
Bifurcated lower-body garment
longs · long pants · slacks · pantaloons · jeans
- 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