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Trousers (British English), slacks, or pants (American, Canadian and Australian English) are an item of clothing worn from the waist to anywhere between the knees and the ankles, covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth extending across both legs as in robes, skirts, dresses and kilts).
joggers, [24] pants Long leg bottoms trousers, [25] pants [26] (Northern England only) [27] pants [26] garment worn over genitals as underwear - gender specific term (women) knickers [28] panties [29] Garment worn over genitals as underwear - gender neutral term pants, [26] underwear, underpants [30] underwear, underpants [30] Garment worn ...
Anita Krohn Traaseth in trousers, Norway, 2013. Trousers (or pants in American English) are a staple of historical and modern fashion. Throughout history, the role of trousers is a constant change for women. The first appearance of trousers in recorded history is among nomadic steppe-people in Western Europe. Steppe people were a group of ...
Currently, britches reflects a common pronunciation often used in casual speech to mean trousers or pants in many English-speaking parts of the world. Breeks is a Scots or northern English spelling and pronunciation.
Modern terms such as Bermuda shorts, Hawaiian shirts, and Fair Isle sweaters are the latest in a long line that stretches back to holland (linen), damask ("from Damascus"), polonaise ("in the fashion of Polish women"), basque, jersey (originally Jersey frock), Balaclava, Capri pants, mantua, and denim ("serge de Nîmes" after the city).
Pants or trousers, an article of outer clothing worn on the lower half of the body, it comes in a variety of shapes like narrow, slim fit, baggy pants and many others. Underpants , an item of underwear
All types of garments for the lower body which divide into two parts, one for each leg. Compare with the categories for Skirts and Dresses, which do not divide.For one-piece garments which include trousers or shorts for the lower part (like an overall), see One-piece suits.
Until after World War I, in many English-speaking countries, boys customarily wore short pants in summer and "knee pants" similar to knickers in winter. At the onset of puberty or sometime in their teens, [1] they graduated to long trousers. In that era, the transition to "long pants" was a major rite of passage. [2]