trunk hose

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. full, baglike breeches covering the body from the waist to the middle of the thigh or lower, sometimes having the stockings attached in one piece, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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trunk hose British  

noun

1. a man's puffed-out breeches reaching to the thighs and worn with tights in the 16th century

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Etymology

Origin of trunk hose

First recorded in 1615–25

Example Sentences

Ford recounts how, in the same year that Walweyn was arrested, Thomas Bradshaw was marched home through the streets with his trunk hose deflated and de-poofed, the stuffing torn out.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2021

Such brightness of figured kerchiefs, homespun petticoats, trunk hose, jackets, sashes!

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee

On the upper board is a gentleman dressed in the style of the period, with trunk hose of red and yellow, a short jacket of the same colouring, and a long, reddish cape.

From English Embroidered Bookbindings by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

The first, whose clothes are of white silk sewn with red and blue, whose trunk hose have clocks of silk sewn on them, reminds us of whom?

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

Dost think that Mary Burton prizes these weary labyrinthine sentences—all hay and wool, like the monstrous swelling of trunk hose?

From The Panchronicon by MacKaye, Harold Steele