Be-breeched
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Be-breeched is an adjective meaning Wearing breeches.
Meaning
Wearing breeches.
Example Sentences
BE-BREECHED DAUGHTERS BARRED FROM PLACE IN CATHEDRAL
I should think two-thirds rode side-saddle—and infinitely more graceful they looked than their be-breeched sister astride.
A gallant, be-breeched gentleman, the hemispheres of his Bedford Cords flapping gloriously in rhythm with the lope of his mount, galloped by us footsloggers on Salisbury Plain.
If a representative of the law were to ask a girl on the boulevards what she meant by sporting breeches in the streets she would answer that she had left her cycle round the corner, or was on her way to fetch it, and what could the sargot say to that? A good many of these be-breeched fair ones were never across a cycle in their lives, but that does not matter in the least.
Word Forms
- bebreeched
Synonyms for be-breeched
Depending on context, synonyms include breeched.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include breeched, saddled, breech, gaitered, booted, breastplated.
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