knee-breeches
Pants ending mid-leg
Knee-breeches are trousers that extend only to the knee, where they fasten with a buckle or button.
They were standard men's attire in Europe and America through the 18th century, now worn mainly in historical costume, formal court dress, or traditional uniforms: The footmen wore powdered wigs and knee-breeches.
Bifurcated lower-body garment
- pantaloonsClose-fitting historical trousers
- knickersLoose pants to knee
- britchesInformal term for trousers
- culottesBifurcated knee-length garment
legwear · waistband · buckle · garters · stockings · silk · velvet · wool
Refined and dignified
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
- tailcoatCutaway evening jacket
- liveryIdentifying uniform or colors
- footmanUniformed domestic male attendant
butler · regalia · waistcoat · cravat · stockings · page · herald · lackey
Hip-flared equestrian trousers
- ridingControlling while mounted
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- horsebackAtop a steed
- dressageCompetitive precision riding
stirrups · canter · trot · gallop · bridle · reins · eventing · jumping
trousers
Bifurcated lower-body garment
- pantaloonsClose-fitting historical trousers
- knickersLoose pants to knee
- britchesInformal term for trousers
culottes · legwear · waistband · buckle · garters · stockings · silk · velvet · wool · fitted
courtly
Refined and dignified
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
- tailcoatCutaway evening jacket
- liveryIdentifying uniform or colors
footman · butler · regalia · waistcoat · cravat · stockings · page · herald · lackey · majordomo
jodhpurs
Hip-flared equestrian trousers
dressage · stirrups · canter · trot · gallop · bridle · reins · eventing · jumping · girth
18th-century
The seventeen hundreds
Victorian · reenactment · Mozart · Baroque · Rococo · Enlightenment · antique · heirloom · heritage · traditional
knee-breecheslong trousers
Full-length leg garments
long pants · slacks · pantaloons · trousers · pants
knee-breechesjeans
Casual denim trousers
sweatpants · chinos · khakis · joggers · cargo pants
knee, breeches, knees, breech, kneed, kneeling, kneel, kneels, kneecap