trews

American

[trooz] / truz /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

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

trews British

/ truːz /

plural noun

close-fitting trousers, esp of tartan cloth and worn by certain Scottish soldiers

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Etymology

Origin of trews

1560–70; < Irish and Scots Gaelic triubhas < Old French trebus breeches

Example Sentences

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He admits that the attention the shows generated fed his always-ravenous ego, and he began to use The Trews to feel powerful and get approval.

From The Guardian • Sep. 2, 2017

In 2014, he began posting The Trews, his political YouTube show, garnering more than 1m subscribers.

From The Guardian • Sep. 2, 2017

Trews shaped to fit my legs close; and thigh moccasins, very deep with undyed fringe, but ornamented by an infinite pattern of little green vines, made me brave in my small mirror.

From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Trews, trōōz, n.pl. trousers, esp. of tartan cloth.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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