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A kind of loose trousers worn over others to protect them from soiling.

Originally, in India, loose drawers or trousers, such as those worn, tied about the waist, by Mohammedan men and women; by extension, a similar garment adopted among Europeans, Americans, etc., for wear in the dressing room and during sleep; also, a suit consisting of drawers and a loose upper garment for such wear.…

In recent times, same as Trousers.

To put a new seat, or new seats, in; as, to reseat a theater; to reseat a chair or trousers.

A kind of cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers.

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. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Mohammedan countries.

Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.

A kind of large, coarse, short trousers formerly worn. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

nds; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.

Trousers. [Obs.] Shak.

Trousers. [Obs.] Spenser.

Wearing trousers. [Obs.]

Same as Trousers.

The breeches; trousers. [Jocose]

The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like.

men, the front of which came above the knee; also, a similar shorter boot worn under the trousers.

A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England.