TROUSERS  , the name given to the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article of See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress worn by men, covering each See also:

• LEG
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

leg separately and reaching from the See also:

• WAIST

waist to the See also:

• FOOT

foot . The word in its earlier forms is always found without the second r, e.g. trouses, trouzes, trooze, cf. the See also:

• LOWLAND

Lowland Scots word " trews," and is an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French trousses, See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk-See also:

• HOSE (a word common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch, hoes, stocking, Ger. Hose, breeches, tights; the ultimate origin is unknown)

hose, breeches, the plural of trousse, a bundle, See also:

• PACK (apparently from the root pak-, paq-, seen in Lat. pangere, to fasten; cf. " compact ")
• PACK, OTTO VON (c. 1480-1537)

pack, See also:

• TRUSS (from O. Fr. trusser, trosser, torser, trousser, to pack, bind, gird up, Low Lat. tortiare, formed from tortus, twisted, torquere, to twist; cf. " torch " and " trousers," also trousseau, a bride's outfit, literally a small pack or bundle)

truss, from trousser, to pack, bundle up, tuck, tie up, girth, of which the origin is doubtful . In See also:

• ENGLISH

English the word " trousers," when it first appears, was used of the leg-garments of the Irish, who wore their breeches or trunk-hose and stockings in one piece, a See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom to which there are many allusions in 17th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century literature . See also:

• KNEE (O. E. cneow, a word common to Indo-European languages, cf. Ger. Knie, Fr. genou, Span. hinojo, Lat. genu, Gr. ybvv, Sansk. janu)

Knee-breeches and See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top-boots for out-of-See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door See also:

• WEAR

wear or stockings for indoor use lasted till the beginning of the 19th century as the See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume for men . Pantaloons, loose trousers reaching to above the See also:

• ANKLE

ankle, were worn in See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice by the poorer classes in the 17th century (for the origin of the name see See also:

• PANTALOON (Ital. pantalone)

PANTALOON) . The characters of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• COMEDY

comedy made the See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of garment See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, but it was only seen in the fantastic costumes of the See also:

• BALLET

ballet . During the reign of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVI. loose pantaloons became See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion-able for the See also:

• MORNING

morning deshabille of men . Their See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption by the supporters of the Revolution was the origin of the name of sans-culottes applied to the revolutionaries . Beau Brummel, in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, was probably the first to make the " pantaloon " popular . A striking feature of his dress were the tight-fitting See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black trousers reaching to the ankle, where they were buttoned . From this See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed the true trousers, cut over the See also:

• BOOT

boot at the instep, at first open at the bottom and fastened by loops, later strapped tight under the boot . It is said that the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington introduced this latter See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form after the See also:

• PENINSULAR

Peninsular See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War .

They were not recognized as correct for evening wear, and strong opposition was taken against them by the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy and at the See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities (see COSTUME) .