Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Properly, that part of the hose which covered the trunk or body, as distinguished from those parts which covered the limbs; hence, a garment covering the person from the waist to the middle of the thigh or lower, and shaped like a bag through which the legs are thrust, the whole being usually made wide and full.
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Examples
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The party didn't even have any official position on how the state should define a union between a codpiece and some trunk-hose.
Jilly Gagnon: A TEA Party Thanksgiving Jilly Gagnon 2010
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Worldly – Wiseman alone, by some inexplicable quirk, stands before Christian in laced hat, embroidered waistcoat, and trunk-hose.
Lay Morals 2005
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Hakon looked up as a tall man in trunk-hose, boots and scarlet cloak entered the taproom.
The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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Hakon looked up as a tall man in trunk-hose, boots and scarlet cloak entered the taproom.
The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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Hakon looked up as a tall man in trunk-hose, boots and scarlet cloak entered the taproom.
The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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Hakon looked up as a tall man in trunk-hose, boots and scarlet cloak entered the taproom.
The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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For my part, I expect to see the use of trunk-hose and buttered ale ascribed to the influence of the feudal system.
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Let not thy breeches be too tight, or hang too loose about thy thighs, like the trunk-hose of our ancestors. —
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All which plainly shews, may it please your worships, that the decay of eloquence, and the little good service it does at present, both within and without doors, is owing to nothing else in the world, but short coats, and the disuse of trunk-hose. —
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All which plainly shews, may it please your worships, that the decay of eloquence, and the little good service it does at present, both within and without doors, is owing to nothing else in the world, but short coats, and the disuse of trunk-hose. —
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