riding breeches

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. calf-length trousers of whipcord or other durable fabric, flaring at the sides of the thighs and fitting snugly at and below the knees, worn with riding boots for horseback riding, hunting, etc.

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riding breeches British  

plural noun

1. tough breeches with padding inside the knees, worn for riding horses

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Example Sentences

In his memoir, “Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics,” Biden acknowledged discovering a polo mallet, riding breeches and other markers of a privileged life in his father’s closet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2024

She is as elegant and tidy as her home is dishevelled, with blond hair cut short, 60s-style, and dressed in a pink tweed jacket, riding breeches and boots.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2019

At one AT&T meeting in the mid-1970s, she was photographed front and center in the audience, decked out in a construction worker’s hard hat and a pair of riding breeches.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2018

She larks about with photographers, jumps into a hot tub in her riding breeches, and sips champagne.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016

Her skirts fly out behind her, her leather riding breeches are dyed red, and her thin crown flashes in her dark, braided hair.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz