riding breeches


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riding breeches

pl n
(Clothing & Fashion) tough breeches with padding inside the knees, worn for riding horses
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rid′ing breech`es


n. (used with a pl. v.)
calf-length trousers that flare at the sides of the thighs and fit snugly at and below the knees, worn with riding boots.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.riding breeches - flared trousers ending at the calvesriding breeches - flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots
riding habit, habit - attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire)
trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers"
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
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Translations

riding breeches

nplpantaloni mpl or calzoni mpl da cavallerizzo
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References in classic literature ?
And he bent his long legs, swatched in tight riding breeches, and sat down in the chair, too low for him, so that his knees were cramped up in a sharp angle.
Telyanin took the purse and began carelessly slipping it into the pocket of his riding breeches, with his eyebrows lifted and his mouth slightly open, as if to say, "Yes, yes, I am putting my purse in my pocket and that's quite simple and is no else's business."
"Not I!" Somerfield answered, gorgeous in pink coat and riding breeches. "My old horse may not be fast, but he can go the course, and I'm none too certain of the others.
She would have liked to discard her riding breeches also, but the motherly admonitions of My Dear had convinced Meriem that it was not good form to go naked through the world.
He was in riding breeches and a black coat with ample square skirts.
Dressed as she was in riding breeches with no entangling skirts to hinder or catch upon passing shrubbery, she soon found that she could cling tightly to the back of the mighty bull and when a moment later he took to the lower branches of the trees, she closed her eyes and clung to him in terror lest she be precipitated to the ground below.
QI have a pair of framed riding breeches with the autographs of jockeys Frankie Dettori, AP McCoy and Richard Johnson, along with the autographs of the presenters of racing programme The Opening Show.
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Which Indian city gives its name to a style of riding breeches? Q1 - Noel Fielding
Riders wear formal coats--scarlet for hunt staff members, black for others--along with canary vests, riding breeches, and black dress boots.
There are also plans to launch a pre-teen range for girls who are desperate to have the Aztec Diamond look in the tiny sizes, plus a menswear collection of riding breeches.