as in trousers
an outer garment covering each leg separately from waist to ankle
the mounted riders look striking in their red coats and white breeches
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Recent Examples of breeches
The mind thrills to imagine a genderless prophet among the brocades and buckskin breeches of Revolutionary America, weirding out the normies, sticking a flower in the barrel of a musket, and goading the new nation to let its hair down—literally.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
That was Wilson, the genial leather-breeches maker, shoving a soldier to his knees.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Ultimately, there were over 50 levee breeches, leaving 80% of the city of New Orleans underwater, per NOAA.
—Avalon Hester, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
That was Wilson, the genial leather-breeches maker, shoving a soldier to his knees.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Ultimately, there were over 50 levee breeches, leaving 80% of the city of New Orleans underwater, per NOAA.
—Avalon Hester, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Breeches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breeches. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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