trews

[ trooz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. close-fitting tartan trousers, worn especially by certain Scottish regiments.

trews

/ truːz /

plural noun

1. close-fitting trousers, esp of tartan cloth and worn by certain Scottish soldiers

Word History and Origins

Origin of trews¹

1560–70; < Irish and Scots Gaelic triubhas < Old French trebus breeches

Word History and Origins

Origin of trews¹

C16: from Scottish Gaelic triubhas , from Old French trebus ; see trousers

Example Sentences

One was a British officer, in the scarlet jacket and tartan trews of a Highland regiment.

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A French officer had discharged his pistol by mistake, and he lay on the floor in his scarlet trews.

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He wore trews of a tartan which Mr. Lovel, trained in such matters, recognised as that of the house of Atholl.

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Macdonald had said to the tailor that if he would make the trews by night in the church he would get a handsome reward.

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So he held his trews tight, and let no darkness grow under his feet until he had reached Saddell Castle.

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