cycling shorts

British  

plural noun

1. tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc

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Example Sentences

On a hot early summer morning, a steady stream of pilgrims ducked each other’s selfie sticks in front of the jewel-encrusted St. James statue, some still in tight cycling shorts or sweat-stained hiking shirts.

From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2023

“So you have a special undercarriage that went under some cycling shorts so he could open a special Vecna pouch and go to the loo.”

From The Verge • May 28, 2022

Womenswear pieces cover nylon windbreakers, embossed cycling shorts, knits and printed denim pants as well as featherweight fur coats and cardigans, reversible padded blousons, perforated leather jackets and caftans and poplin shirtdresses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2020

Cycling teams, from casual clubs to the most serious professionals, typically reorder custom-designed “kits” of cycling shorts, jerseys, jackets and other garments every year, in part because the businesses that sponsor the teams change.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2015

Fifteen years ago, for example, there was not a striker in the land who did not don a pair of thigh-hugging cycling shorts.

From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2010