breeches
71petticoat breeches — noun plural : elaborate breeches with legs resembling skirts worn by Englishmen in the late 17th century * * * men s breeches, often ornate, having loose, skirtlike legs, worn in France and England from about 1650 to 1680. Also called Rhinegrave… …
72Dutchman's breeches — Dutchman s breeches, Dutchman s breeches Dutchman s breeches . (Bot.), a delicate perennial spring flowering herb ({Dicentra cucullaria}) of eastern U.S., having peculiar double spurred white flowers. See Illust. of {Dicentra} Syn: {Dicentra… …
73Dutchman's-breeches — Dutchman s breeches, Dutchman s breeches Dutchman s breeches . (Bot.), a delicate perennial spring flowering herb ({Dicentra cucullaria}) of eastern U.S., having peculiar double spurred white flowers. See Illust. of {Dicentra} Syn: {Dicentra… …
74Spanish breeches — are stiff and close fitting ungathered breeches. They were popular from 1600 1650. In the 1660s petticoat breeches surpassed them in popularity throughout most of Western Europe, but their popularity lingered in Spain until the 1660s …
75Mountain Creek (Yellow Breeches Creek) — Mountain Creek is a 20.9 mile long (33.6 km)[1] tributary of Yellow Breeches Creek in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Mountain Creek joins Yellow Breeches Creek near the borough of Mount Holly Springs. Tributaries… …
76Yellow Breeches Creek — ist der Name zweier Flüsse in den Vereinigten Staaten: Yellow Breeches Creek (Pennsylvania), ein Fluss im York County, im US Bundesstaat Pennsylvania Yellow Breeches Creek (Tennessee), ein Fluss im Sevier County, im US Bundesstaat Tennessee Diese …
77bear's-breeches — Bear s breech Bear s breech , bear s breeches ear s breech es, n. 1. (Bot.) The English cow parsnip ({Heracleum sphondylium}) Dr. Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. a widely cultivated southern European acanthus ({Acanthus mollis}) with whitish purple… …
78Knee breeches — Knee Knee (n[=e]), n. [OE. kne, cneo, As. cne[ o], cne[ o]w; akin to OS. knio, kneo, OFries. kn[=i], G. & D. knie, OHG. chniu, chneo, Icel. kn[=e], Sw. kn[ a], Dan. kn[ae], Goth. kniu, L. genu, Gr. go ny, Skr. j[=a]nu, [root]231. Cf.… …
79To wear the breeches — Wear Wear, v. t. [imp. {Wore} (w[=o]r); p. p. {Worn} (w[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Wearing}. Before the 15th century wear was a weak verb, the imp. & p. p. being {Weared}.] [OE. weren, werien, AS. werian to carry, to wear, as arms or clothes; akin… …
80Dutchman's-breeches — /duch meuhnz brich iz/, n., pl. Dutchman s breeches. a plant, Dicentra cucullaria, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of pale yellow, two spurred flowers. Also called white eardrop. [1830 40; so called from the shape of the flowers] * * …
