Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned or tied round the legs over the trousers as a guard against mud or dust when traveling on horseback; leggings.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural Local, U.S. Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback.

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  • noun historical Thick loose riding-trousers, fastened on the outside of each leg.

Etymologies

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From Polish szarawary (cognate with Russian шаровары ‘wide trousers’), from Greek σαράβαρα, a borrowing of Aramaic ܣܪܒܠ (sarbālā), Arabic سربال (sirbāl) ‘cloak’, ultimately from Persian سروال (sirwāl).

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