trews

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The chequer'd trews, and belted plaid,

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  1. plural noun Close-fitting trousers, usually of tartan.

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  • He was clad in a brown leather tunic with matching gartered trews, over which he wore a greatcoat of lustrous sealskin, ornamented at the sleeves and hem with wide bands of gold thread embroidery and ivory beadwork. —  Julian, May - Boreal Moon 01 - Conqueror's Moon
  • Hung up to dry beside it on an improvised frame of sticks was a black robe and a set of raggedy trews, evidently the outer clothing of the man, who was clad only in a long undershirt. —  May, Julian - Boreal Moon 2 - Ironcrown Moon
  • And tonight we will see if the lizard can still climb walls Dressed in a black full-sleeved shirt and dark Persian trews, and with a coiled rope over one shoulder, Parmenion waited until a cloud obscured the moon before running silently to stand below the walls. —  David Gemmell - (Lion of Macedon 01) Lion Of Macedon v1.0 (1990).htm
  • My mother had banked the coals to make sure there'd be a fire for tomorrow's bread, and my father's moleskin trews were hanging there to dry, because he'd had to wade into the stockpond that afternoon to rescue a lamb. —  FSF,October2005
  • Schmendrick was about to say something, but then they both turned toward the door, because a small dark woman, about my mother's age, only dressed in tunic, trews, and boots like Molly, had just come in. —  FSF,October2005
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  1. Variant of obsolete trouse; see trouser.

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  1. from Irish trius =Gaelic triubhas: see trouse, trousers.
 

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