outseam

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The outer seam on the side of pants or trousers from the waistband to the hem

noun
/ˈaʊtˌsiːm/

Specialized

: costura exterior

You should check the outseam length before purchasing new trousers.

Examples

Inseams and outseams on pants are curved around the hips.
Inseams and outseams on pants are curved around the hips.
- Outseam, 39.

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
The tailor measured the outseam of my pants to ensure a perfect fit.
The designer noted that the outseam of the jeans would affect their overall style.

Surface Forms

outseam singular

outseams plural

Morphology

outseam = seam (transparent) = out + seam

A clear compound of 'out' + 'seam' meaning the outer seam of trousers, directly predictable from the parts. [Postprocessing: moved 'out' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Outseam combines out ('outside') and seam ('stitch' or 'join'). So an outseam is the long seam on the outside of a pair of pants or trousers that runs from the waistband to the hem, which is why the word means that outer side stitch.