trews
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9.9
Tight fitting tartan trousers worn with traditional Scottish dress
- noun
- /truːz/
- UK
:
pantalones escoceses
- The traditional trews were beautifully made.
Examples
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He wore his trews to the wedding.
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The soldiers' trews were made from clan tartan cloth.
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He wore traditional Scottish trews at the wedding instead of a kilt.
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His father still has a pair of woolen trews from his days in the pipe band.
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He wore traditional trews for the wedding ceremony in Scotland.
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During the festival, many men wore brightly colored trews as part of their Highland attire.
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The parade featured dancers in matching trews that showcased the tartan patterns of their clan.
Synonyms
20
8.4
Loose trousers like old work pants
is tighter fitting and cut to sit closely along the legs
Surface Forms
trews plural
Etymology
Trews comes from an old word that meant 'trousers' and is the same idea as our word trousers, so in Scotland it came to mean the tight, tartan trousers worn as part of Highland dress.