trunk hose

noun

puffed breeches of the 16th and 17th centuries usually worn over hose

• Hypernyms: ↑breeches, ↑knee breeches, ↑knee pants, ↑knickerbockers, ↑knickers

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noun plural or trunk breeches

Etymology: trunk probably from obsolete English trunk to cut off, truncate; from the fact that it was a truncated hose

: short full breeches reaching about halfway down the thigh and sometimes attached to the hose, usually padded and slashed, and worn chiefly in the late 16th and early 17th centuries — compare netherstock illustration

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full, baglike breeches covering the body from the waist to the middle of the thigh or lower, sometimes having the stockings attached in one piece, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries.

[1615-25]

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trunk hose or trunk breeches plural noun

Full breeches reaching from waist to mid-thigh, worn in the 16c and early 17c

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Main Entry: ↑trunk

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trunk hose,

full, baglike breeches reaching halfway down the thigh, or lower, worn in the 1500's and early 1600's.