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trunk hose

noun

, (used with a plural verb)
  1. full, baglike breeches covering the body from the waist to the middle of the thigh or lower, sometimes having the stockings attached in one piece, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries.


trunk hose

noun

  1. a man's puffed-out breeches reaching to the thighs and worn with tights in the 16th century
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of trunk hose1

First recorded in 1615–25
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trunk hose1

C17: of uncertain origin; perhaps from the obsolete trunk to truncate
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Example Sentences

Such brightness of figured kerchiefs, homespun petticoats, trunk hose, jackets, sashes!

He had the enormous trunk hose, heretofore mentioned as the distinguishing peculiarity of the costume of the period, and wore black velvet shoes, ornamented with white roses.

His trunk hose were of black, his shoes easy ones of Spanish leather with crimson rosettes upon the instep.

A doublet of yellow satin, with trunk hose of the same—the latter fringed at the bottoms with silk ribbons, tipped with tags of gold.

The courtiers of Elizabeth discarded the "frocke cote" for quilted and stuffed doublets and trunk hose, slashed and ornamented in the most quaint and extravagant manner.

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