britches
Old-fashioned leg coverings
Britches is a dialectal or informal variant of breeches—trousers or pants.
The word appears most often in fixed expressions: someone too big for their britches is arrogant or overconfident, and you bet your britches emphasizes certainty.
Outside these phrases, britches sounds folksy or regional.
Bifurcated lower-body garment
- pantsTwo-legged garment
- jeansCasual denim trousers
- slacksInformal leg garments
- khakisTan cotton trousers
chinos · corduroys · dungarees · overalls · knickers · culottes · leggings · capris
Trousers with bib front
- farmhandAgricultural employee
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- rusticRural and unrefined
homespun · coveralls · workwear · barnyard · pastoral · country · folksy · down-home
Hip-flared equestrian trousers
- ridingControlling while mounted
- chapsProtective riding legwear
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- stirrupsSaddle-hung foot supports
horseback · dressage · jumping · eventing · equitation · canter · trot · gallop
Clothes or failures
- threadsTwisted fiber strands
- togsInformal term for garments
- getupInformal term for attire
- trewsFitted Scottish plaid pants
bottoms · pants · legwear · drawers · unmentionables
Of great size
- uppityArrogantly self-important
- big-headedExcessively self-important
- cockyExcessively self-assured
- overconfidentExcessively sure of oneself
presumptuous · ego · humbled
trousers
Bifurcated lower-body garment
khakis · chinos · corduroys · dungarees · overalls · knickers · culottes · leggings · capris · shorts
overalls
Trousers with bib front
- farmhandAgricultural employee
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
rustic · homespun · coveralls · workwear · barnyard · pastoral · country · folksy · down-home · agrarian
jodhpurs
Hip-flared equestrian trousers
stirrups · horseback · dressage · jumping · eventing · equitation · canter · trot · gallop · showjumping
duds
Clothes or failures
trews · bottoms · pants · legwear · drawers · unmentionables
big
Of great size
- uppityArrogantly self-important
- big-headedExcessively self-important
- cockyExcessively self-assured
overconfident · presumptuous · ego · humbled
- old-fashionedantique, antiques, gramophone, phonograph, horse and buggy
- traditional pantsdhoti, lungi, harem pants, lederhosen, gaucho pants
- regionalismsyouse, fixin' to, fixing to, ain't, aint
britcheslong pants
Trousers reaching the ankle
slacks · trousers · pantaloons · jeans · maxi skirt
- too big for one's britchesExcessively self-important attitude
- too big for their britches