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Breeches (/ˈbrɪtʃɪz, ˈbriː-/ BRITCH-iz, BREE-chiz) are an
article of
clothing covering the body from the
waist down, with
separate coverings for each leg...
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breeches role (also
pants role or
trouser role, or Hosenrolle) is one in
which an
actress appears in male clothing.
Breeches, tight-****ing knee-length...
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breeches buoy is a rope-based
rescue device used to
extract people from
wrecked vessels, or to
transfer people from one
place to
another in situations...
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Petticoat breeches were
voluminously wide,
pleated pants,
reminiscent of a skirt, worn by men in
Western Europe during the 1650s and
early 1660s. The very...
- The
Geneva Bible,
sometimes known by the
sobriquet Breeches Bible, is one of the most
historically significant translations of the
Bible into English,...
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continued use of tall
boots and
breeches.
Though the term "jodhpurs" was
applied colloquially to this
style of
breeches, they were not true
jodhpurs and...
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Spanish breeches (gregüescos in Spanish) are a type of
breeches or
trousers for men, short,
baggy (harem pants) and ungathered,
usually accompanied by...
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organisms to
distribute its pollen.
Common names include Acanthus and bear's
breeches. The
generic name
derives from the Gr**** term ἄκανθος (akanthos) for Acanthus...
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originated in the 15th–16th
centuries when a
design of a man's
martingale breeches included a flap
between the legs
buttoned to the belt in the back. The...
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Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's britches, or Dutchman's
breeches, is a
perennial herbaceous plant,
native to rich
woods of
eastern North America, with...
