culottes
or cu·lotte
[ koo-lots, kyoo- ]
/ kuˈlɒts, kyu- /
plural noun
women's trousers, usually knee-length or calf-length, cut full to resemble a skirt.
Nearby words
culminant, culminate, culmination, culminative, culo, culottes, culpa, culpability, culpable, culpable homicide, culpeper
Origin of culottes
1835–45; < French: literally, breeches, equivalent to cul rump + -ottes, plural of -otte, feminine of -ot noun suffix. See culet
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Examples from the Web for culottes
The following one was new to me as a name, not as a dish, which was simple enough, "Culottes de bœuf à la fermière."
I cite the original Latin, as the word calig has been wrongly rendered by the French translator into culottes.
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain.|William H. Prescott
British Dictionary definitions for culottes
culottes
/ (kjuːˈlɒts) /
pl n
women's flared trousers cut to look like a skirt
Word Origin for culottes
C20: from French, literally: breeches, from cul bottom; see culet
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Word Origin and History for culottes
culottes
"a divided skirt," 1911, from French culotte "breeches" (16c.), a diminutive of cul "bottom, backside, backside, anus," from Latin culus "bottom, fundament." Earlier, in the singular cullote, it was used to mean "knee-breeches" (1842). Por le cul bieu "By God's arse" was an Old French oath.
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