trouse

British  

/ traʊz /

plural noun

1. close-fitting breeches worn in Ireland

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Etymology

Origin of trouse

from Irish and Scot Gaelic triubhas : compare _trews

Example Sentences

And do you spurn your trousers, a multiplication of the already bifurcated trouse and trews?

From The Guardian

Southern Culture on the Skids The Chapel Hill, N.C., trio, self-described as “Americana from the wrong side of the tracks,” recently released a collaborative EP with Fred Schneider of the B-52’s, “Party at My Trouse.”

From Washington Post

Trousers was earlier trouses, plural of trouse, now trews, and was used especially of Irish native costume.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Gastine Trouse has recently invented "an electric sight," a filament of fine wire in a glass tube covered with metal on all sides save at the back.

From Project Gutenberg