- zouave pants
- noun
Usage: sometimes capitalized ZEtymology: so called from their resemblance to the baggy trousers worn by Zouaves: baggy trousers that are gathered at the waist and at the knee, calf, or ankle
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
zouave pants
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