trews

[ trooz ]

noun(used with a plural verb)
  1. close-fitting tartan trousers, worn especially by certain Scottish regiments.

Origin of trews

1
1560–70; <Irish and Scots Gaelic triubhas<Old French trebus breeches

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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.

  • 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.

  • So he held his trews tight, and let no darkness grow under his feet until he had reached Saddell Castle.

British Dictionary definitions for trews

trews

/ (truːz) /


pl n
  1. mainly British close-fitting trousers, esp of tartan cloth and worn by certain Scottish soldiers

Origin of trews

1
C16: from Scottish Gaelic triubhas, from Old French trebus; see trousers

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