Word Meanings - HANSELINES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A sort of breeches. Chaucer.

Related words: (words related to HANSELINES)

• BREECHES
  breech, breeches; akin to Icel. brok breeches, ODan. brog, D. broek, G. bruch; cf. L. bracae, braccae, which is of Celtic origin. Cf. 1. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. His jacket was red, and his breeches were