galluses

[gal-uh-siz]

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a pair of suspenders for trousers.

galluses

/ ˈɡæləsɪz /

plural noun

1. dialect,  braces for trousers

Other Word Forms

• gallused adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of galluses¹

First recorded in 1825–35; variant of gallows

Word History and Origins

Origin of galluses¹

C18: variant spelling of gallowses, from _gallows (in the obsolete sense: braces)

Example Sentences

Then Pa got for himself a pair of galluses and some tobacco to smoke in his pipe.

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He had an old battered-up slouch hat on, and a greasy blue woolen shirt, and ragged old blue jeans britches stuffed into his boot-tops, and home-knit galluses—no, he only had one.

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Then he served the trousers and the "galluses" the same way; likewise Benny Ellison's socks.

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"More or less," he admitted, wishing to goodness he had on his best pair of "galluses" instead of the ones he was wearing.

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A motley company of about a dozen men they were, dressed in cheap trousers supported by "galluses," coarse shirts, and wide-brim straw hats.

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