A nether habiliment of the adult civilized male. The garment is tubular and unprovided with hinges at the points of flexion. Supposed to have been invented by a humorist. Called "trousers" by the enlightened and "pants" by the unworthy.

close-fitting trousers usually having straps passing under the instep or loose-fitting usually shorter than ankle-length trousers and worn especially in the Victorian era.

Pants extending from the waist to the ankle.

see Knickerbockers.

See britches.

Woman's undergarment with legs that took the place of petticoats at the beginning of the nineteenth century.