breeched
9.9
Dressed in trousers instead of children's clothes to show growing up
- adjective
- /briːtʃt/
- Archaic
:
vestido con pantalones
- He wore his first pair of trousers and proudly declared himself breeched.
Examples
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In Victorian times, young boys were only breeched when they reached a certain age.
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Once breeched, a boy was considered to have taken a step toward manhood.
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He looks breeched.
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Don't you think he looks good breeched?
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He wore his first pair of trousers and proudly declared himself breeched.
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In Victorian times, young boys were only breeched when they reached a certain age.
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Once breeched, a boy was considered to have taken a step toward manhood.
Synonyms
5.2
Wearing trousers instead of a dress or skirt
implies a change from childish clothes to trousers, especially for a boy
9.1
Wearing trousers or long fitted pants
emphasizes a transition from childish garments to trousers for boys
Surface Forms
breeched positive
Morphology
Etymology
Breeched comes from breeches, an old word for 'trousers'. A child who was breeched had started to wear trousers instead of the more childish clothes they wore before, so being breeched showed they were growing up.
