trews

(tro͞oz)

pl.n.

Close-fitting trousers, usually of tartan.

[Variant of obsolete trouse; see trouser.]

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trews

(truːz)

pl n

(Clothing & Fashion) chiefly Brit close-fitting trousers, esp of tartan cloth and worn by certain Scottish soldiers

[C16: from Scottish Gaelic triubhas, from Old French trebus; see trousers]

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trews

(tro̅o̅z),
n. (used with a pl. v.)

trousers, esp. short, close-fitting tartan trousers worn by certain Scottish regiments.

[1560–70; < Irish, Scottish Gaelic triubhas, probably < Old French trebus hose, breeches, obscurely akin to early Medieval Latin tibracus, tubracus stocking]

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Noun

trews - tight-fitting trousers; usually of tartan

trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers"

plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Translations

calzoni di tartan

trews

[truːz] NPL (Scot) → pantalón m de tartán

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trews

pl (Scot) → eng anliegende Hose im Schottenkaro; (Brit inf: = trousers) → Hose f; a pair of trews → eine Hose

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