knickerbockers

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

knick·er·bockers f9 BrE [ˈnɪkəbɒkəz] NAmE [ˈnɪkərbɑːkərz] (NAmE also knick·ers) noun plural
short loose trousers/pants that fit tightly just below the knee, worn especially in the past
See also: ↑knickers

Word Origin:
[knickerbockers] mid 19th cent. (originally in sense 2): named after Diedrich Knickerbocker, pretended author of W. Irving's History of New York (1809). Sense 1 is said to have arisen from the resemblance of knickerbockers to the knee breeches worn by Dutch men in George Cruikshank's illustrations in Irving's book.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickers