Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

trunk breeches en · NOUN

Meanings

(historical, plural, plural-only) Synonym of trunkhose.
- Peregrine, who was an expert swimmer, reached the shore in safety; the physician, in the agonies of despair, laid fast hold on the trunk-breeches of one of the men, who dragged him to the other side […]. 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

Synonyms