trews

[ trooz ]

/ truz /

noun (used with a plural verb)

close-fitting tartan trousers, worn especially by certain Scottish regiments.

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Origin of trews

1560–70; < Irish and Scots Gaelic triubhas < Old French trebus breeches

Words nearby trews

treviso, trevithick, trevor, trevor nunn, trevor-roper, trews, trey, treyf, trez-tine, trf, trh

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Example sentences from the Web for trews

I hae been ridin', ye ken, daddy, an' the trews fits the saiddle better nor the kilts.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Vol. XV., No. 85. January, 1875.|Various
So he held his trews tight, and let no darkness grow under his feet until he had reached Saddell Castle.
Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales|Various
But here lieth the second difficulty—The Prince wears no boots, but simply brogues and trews.'
Waverley|Sir Walter Scott
"We certainly have escaped hanging so far," said the Count, as he drew on the trews which became his well-turned leg so happily.
Count Bunker|J. Storer Clouston

He wore the "trews" of tartan, which in itself showed him a man of consideration.
Red Cap Tales|Samuel Rutherford Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for trews

trews

/ (truːz) /

pl n

mainly British close-fitting trousers, esp of tartan cloth and worn by certain Scottish soldiers

Word Origin for trews

C16: from Scottish Gaelic triubhas, from Old French trebus; see trousers

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