knickers

knickers

knickerbockers [ knikɛrbɔkɛrs; nikɶrbɔkɶr ] n. m. pl.
• 1884; knicker-bockers 1863; mot angl., nom d'un héros de W. Irving
♦ Anciennt Culotte de golf, souvent en tweed, portée aussi à la ville. — Mod. Culotte utilisée pour le ski de fond, l'alpinisme. — Abrév. (1937) KNICKERS . Des knickers de velours.

● knickers nom masculin pluriel ou knicker nom masculin (anglais knickers, abréviation de knickerbockers) Pantalon de sport moulant, s'arrêtant au-dessous du genou. Synonyme de pantalon de golf. ● knickers (synonymes) nom masculin pluriel ou knicker nom masculin (anglais knickers, abréviation de knickerbockers)
Synonymes :

knickerbockers [knikœʀbɔkœʀ] ou, plus cour., knickers [knikœʀ] n. m. pl.
ÉTYM. 1884, in Höfler; knicker-bockers, 1863, Mérimée; knickers, 1939; mot angl., du nom d'un héros de Washington Irving, Dietrich Knickerbocker, évoquant les premiers colons néerlandais de New York.
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1 Vieilli. Culotte, pantalon de golf.
2 Mod. Pantalon de sport resserré au-dessous du genou, utilisé pour le ski, l'alpinisme (→ Fuseau, cit. 3). — Dans ce sens, on emploie aussi knicker, n. m.
0 Il portait des knickerbockers, charmantes culottes anglaises qui se bouclent sous le genou et retombent sur la jambe, des bas écossais, une chemise molle, une cravate aux rayures de son club.
Cocteau, le Grand Écart, p. 143 (1923).

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