different between jodhpurs vs breeches

English

Etymology

A city and administrative district in Rajasthan, India1913 (earlier as jodhpur breeches, 1899), from Jodhpur, former state in northwestern India. The city at the heart of the state was founded 1459 by Rao Jodha, a local ruler, and is named for him.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??dp?z/, /?d???dp?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??dp?z/
• Hyphenation: jodh?purs

Noun

jodhpurs pl

1. Flared riding trousers of heavy cloth, fitting tightly from knee to ankle.

Related terms

• Jodhpur
• jods, jodhs

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• britches (Appalachia, Southern US)

Etymology

From Middle English breches, brechen pl, a variant of Middle English breche, brech, brek (“breeches”), from Old English br?? (“breeches”), from Proto-Germanic *br?kiz pl (nom.acc.), from Proto-Germanic *br?ks (“trousers”); akin to Old Norse brók (“breeches”), Danish brog, Dutch broek, German Bruch f; compare Latin br?cae ( > French braies) which is immediately of Celtic origin, and likely ultimately from the same Germanic origin above. Compare brail.

Pronunciation

• (plural of breech):

  IPA^(key): /?b?i?t??z/

• (smallclothes; trousers):

  IPA^(key): /?b??t??z/ (traditional)

  IPA^(key): /?b?i?t??z/ (more recent spelling pronunciation)

• Rhymes: -?t??z, -i?t??z

Noun

breeches

1. plural of breech

Noun

breeches pl (plural only)

1. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.
2. (informal) Trousers; pantaloons.

   Synonyms: trousers, pants

Derived terms

• breeches buoy
• breeches pipe: a forked pipe forming two branches united at one end
• knee-breeches
• open-kneed breeches
• wear the breeches: see wear the pants, wear the trousers
• too big for one's britches

Translations

See also

• pantaloons
• britches
• jodhpurs

Further reading

• breeches on Wikipedia.Wikipedia