pantaloon
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pantaloon/pantəˈluːn/
▶noun
- 1 (pantaloons) women's baggy trousers gathered at the ankles.
■ historical men's close-fitting breeches fastened below the calf or at the foot.
- 2 (Pantaloon) a character in Italian commedia dell'arte represented as a foolish old man wearing pantaloons.
– origin C16: from Fr. pantalon, from the Ital. name Pantalone ‘Pantaloon’.
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