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Webster 1913 Edition


Trousers

Trou′sers

,
Noun.
pl.
[OF.
trousses
breeches worn by pages, from
trousse
,
trosse
, a bundle, a truss. See
Truss
, and cf.
Trossers
,
Trouse
.]
A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately.