What does breeches mean?
Breeches means plural of breech.
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/ˈbɹiː.t͡ʃɪz/ · noun
plural of breech.
And how then was the Devil drest? / Oh! he was in his Sunday's best: / His jacket was red and his breeches were blue, / And there was a hole where the tail came through.
"In the coach in which I rode, there was a vacant seat till our arrival in Birmingham. Leaving Birmingham I found it filled with a fat Englishman, in drab breeches and gaiter boots, the finest specimen of a thorough John Bull that I had seen—weight about sixteen stone. He wore two top coats, a broad brimmed hat, and an enormous red travelling shawl, behind the folds of which his portly double chin was entirely hidden.
But now there's only old Manning, and young William, and a new-fashioned woman gardener in breeches and such-like.
Use breeches when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Breeches means plural of breech.
Common synonyms include trousers, pants, knickers, knee breeches.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And how then was the Devil drest? / Oh! he was in his Sunday's best: / His jacket was red and his breeches were blue, / And there was a hole where the tail came through.
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