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prettygoodwordtrews (TROOZ) - n., (chiefly Brit.) pants, esp. tight-fitting trousers usually of tartan.
As worn as part of the uniform of certain Scottish regiments:
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The word is probably from Scottish Gaelic triubhas with influence from Irish triús, origin uncertain but possibly from Old French trebus, breeches, alteration from Latin tubruci, a kind of leg coverings, from a Germanic source, making it a murky cognate of thigh and breeches.
---L.
As worn as part of the uniform of certain Scottish regiments:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
The word is probably from Scottish Gaelic triubhas with influence from Irish triús, origin uncertain but possibly from Old French trebus, breeches, alteration from Latin tubruci, a kind of leg coverings, from a Germanic source, making it a murky cognate of thigh and breeches.
---L.
