a costume for women consisting of a short skirt and long loose trousers gathered closely about the ankles. Or a full loose trousers gathered at the knee formerly worn by women for athletics during the Victorian and early Edwardian era.

A costume for women consisting of a short skirt and long loose trousers gathered closely about the ankle. Amelia Bloomer invented the bloomer costume and was widely criticized for insulting womanhood, because pants were considered men's clothing only.

A loose pant, often worn under a dress, that gathers closely about the ankles. Popularized by Amelia Jenks Bloomer, this type of pant was originally part of a Turkish costume that the lecturer of dress reform, temperance and women's suffrage wore while touring in America and abroad in the mid-1800s. Bloomers are now more typically worn by young girls.

a costume for women consisting of a short skirt and long loose trousers gathered closely about the ankles; [Plural] full loose trousers gathered at the knee formerly worn by women for athletics; underpants of similar design worn chiefly by girls