riding breeches

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. calf-length trousers of whipcord or other durable fabric, flaring at the sides of the thighs and fitting snugly at and below the knees, worn with riding boots for horseback riding, hunting, etc.

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riding breeches British  

plural noun

1. tough breeches with padding inside the knees, worn for riding horses

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Example Sentences

In his memoir, “Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics,” Biden acknowledged discovering a polo mallet, riding breeches and other markers of a privileged life in his father’s closet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2024

At one AT&T meeting in the mid-1970s, she was photographed front and center in the audience, decked out in a construction worker’s hard hat and a pair of riding breeches.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2018

Initially drawing men in riding breeches and army officers in brown leather bomber jackets, he got into the biker look after seeing Marlon Brando in The Wild One.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2017

She larks about with photographers, jumps into a hot tub in her riding breeches, and sips champagne.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016

Grace’s helpfulness secured her position: on Christmas Day that year—1922—Leon dressed in top hat and riding breeches, walked through the snow to the bungalow with a green envelope from his father.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan