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

That morning, she had dressed in yellow cycling shorts and a T-shirt with a picture of a dirt bike on it, and her curly half-blond hair was arranged half up, half down.

From New York Times

“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

“And I’m in my study at home — because I didn’t know I could scam a hotel room,” jokes Fennell, who, at one point, will stand up from behind her desk to reveal that beneath her white V-neck top she’s wearing a pair of yellow, turquoise and white tie-dyed cycling shorts.

From Los Angeles Times

Also, the September 2019 issue of Paris Vogue saw Hailey Bieber donning a plethora of Diana’s iconic off-duty looks — think oversized sweatshirts with Lycra cycling shorts — for a multipage spread.

From Los Angeles Times