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galluses

[ gal-uh-siz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)
  1. a pair of suspenders for trousers.


galluses

/ ˈɡæləsɪz /

plural noun

  1. dialect.
    braces for trousers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • gallused adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of galluses1

First recorded in 1825–35; variant of gallows
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Word History and Origins

Origin of galluses1

C18: variant spelling of gallowses, from gallows (in the obsolete sense: braces)
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Example Sentences

Then Pa got for himself a pair of galluses and some tobacco to smoke in his pipe.

He had an old battered-up slouch hat on, and a greasy blue woolen shirt, and ragged old blue jeans britches stuffed into his boot-tops, and home-knit galluses—no, he only had one.

Then he served the trousers and the "galluses" the same way; likewise Benny Ellison's socks.

"More or less," he admitted, wishing to goodness he had on his best pair of "galluses" instead of the ones he was wearing.

A motley company of about a dozen men they were, dressed in cheap trousers supported by "galluses," coarse shirts, and wide-brim straw hats.

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