trews

[ trooz ]

/ truz /

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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, T. rex, trey, trez-tine, trf, TRH

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How to use trews in a sentence

One was a British officer, in the scarlet jacket and tartan trews of a Highland regiment.
Ponce de Leon|William Pilling
A French officer had discharged his pistol by mistake, and he lay on the floor in his scarlet trews.
My War Experiences in Two Continents|Sarah Macnaughtan
He wore trews of a tartan which Mr. Lovel, trained in such matters, recognised as that of the house of Atholl.
The Path of the King|John Buchan
Macdonald had said to the tailor that if he would make the trews by night in the church he would get a handsome reward.
Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales|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

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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