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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Close-fitting trousers, usually of tartan.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Trousers; specifically, the kind of trousers worn by the men of higher rank among the Scottish Highlanders. They are made of tartan cloth of the set or pattern of the wearer's clan.

Wiktionary

  1. n. UK trousers, especially if close fitting and tartan.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Trowsers; especially, those of the Scotch Highlanders.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. tight-fitting trousers; usually of tartan

Etymologies

  1. Variant of obsolete trouse; see trouser. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • bilby
    Wee Willie Gray, and his leather wallet,
    Peel a willow wand to be him boots and jacket;
    The rose upon the breir will be him trews an' doublet,
    The rose upon the breir will be him trews an' doublet,
    Wee Willie Gray, and his leather wallet,
    Twice a lily-flower will be him sark and cravat;
    Feathers of a flee wad feather up his bonnet,
    Feathers of a flee wad feather up his bonnet.

    - Robert Burns, 'Wee Willie Gray'. Jan 28, 2009

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