open-kneed breeches

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open-kneed breeches

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historical, plural, plural only Wide-legged breeches ending below the knee. I had a short Jacket of Goat-Skin, the Skirts coming down to about the middle of my Thighs; and a pair of open-knee’d breeches of the same; the Breeches were made of the Skin of an old He-Goat, whose Hair hung down such a Length on either Side, that like Pantaloons it reach’d to the middle of my Leg
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@misc{open_kneed_breeches_2026,
  title = {open-kneed breeches},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/open-kneed%20breeches},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}