jodhpur breeches
- noun
- /ˈdʒoʊdˌpɜr ˈbriːtʃɪz/
:
pantalones jodhpur
- His jodhpur breeches fit snugly inside his polished riding boots.
Examples
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She wore jodhpur breeches and a tailored jacket for her riding lesson.
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The instructor recommended jodhpur breeches for better freedom of movement while riding.
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The classic jodhpur breeches were made of sturdy fabric to withstand daily use.
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She wore stylish jodhpur breeches while riding.
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Do you like my new jodhpur breeches?
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For her first competition, she wore a pair of jodhpur breeches that complemented her riding boots perfectly.
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He loved the comfort of his jodhpur breeches during long hours in the saddle.
Synonyms
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Clothes worn on the lower body with separate parts for each leg
Trousers wide at the hips and tight from the knee to the ankle for horse riding
Trousers wide at the hips and tight below the knee worn for riding horses
How Fitted
Surface Forms
Morphology
jodhpur + breeches
While 'breeches' clearly indicates a kind of short trousers, 'jodhpur' is a proper-name style label (originating from the city Jodhpur) and does not transparently describe the garment's specific cut or features. A B1 learner who knows the literal meanings of the constituents would not be able to infer the precise design (flared at hips, snug from knee to ankle) from the parts alone, so the compound is effectively idiomatic/terminological and not predictable.
Etymology
Jodhpur breeches comes from the city of Jodhpur in India, where one popular story says horse riders wore short, wide breeches that let them move easily in the saddle. The trousers were tight below the knee so they fit into riding boots, so today jodhpur breeches means 'riding trousers' made to be worn with boots.