Breeches

Breeches are an item of clothing covering the body from the waist down, with separate coverings for each leg.

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The spelling britches reflects a common pronunciation, and is generally used in casual speech to mean "pants". Breeks is a Scots or northern English spelling and pronunciation.

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See more at Trousers, Knickers.

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Breeches is a double plural known since c.1205, from Old English (and before Old French) brec or breoc, which was already pl. of broc "garment for the legs and trunk," from the Proto-Germanic root brokiz.

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Like other words for similar garments (pants, knickers, shorts; using an obvious plural, as if to reflect it has two legs, as for most synonyms in English, in no longer common in other languages, e.g. the parallel modern Dutch broek), the word breeches has been applied to both outer garments and underwear.

Clothing: (See also List of types of clothing and Clothing terminology)...

Waist: The waist is the part of the abdomen between the ribcage and hips. On some people, the waist is the narrowest part of the torso....

Leg: Leg has multiple meanings:...

Breeches related Images and Photos (experimental)

Spring Flowers Dutchmans Breeches (Bleeding Hearts) Late April	Portrait of a Gentleman Seated in White Jacket Waistcoat and Breeches Holding a Hookah	Portrait of Squire Morland Seated Three Quarter Length in Buff Coat Breeches and Yellow Waistcoat	Portrait of a Boy Full Length Wearing a Red Coat and Breeches 1834
Harlequin Portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stewart (1720-1788) in Red Tartan Coat Breeches