culottes
or cu·lotte
[koo-lots, kyoo-]
plural noun
women's trousers, usually knee-length or calf-length, cut full to resemble a skirt.
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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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
culottes
pl n
Word Origin for culottes
C20: from French, literally: breeches, from cul bottom; see culet
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