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English
Adjective
open-kneed
- (historical, of garments) Having wide legs and reaching below the knees but higher than the ankles (not tied or closed at the knees).
- 1703, Politica (pseudonym), The Levellers: A Dialogue between Two Young Ladies, concerning Matrimony, London: J. How, in The Harleian Miscellany, London: Robert Dutton, 1811, Volume 12, p. 213,
- The coat-sleeves were gloriously cut and slashed, small buttons on the coat, a little bigger than pease; the pockets about a handful below the knees, the breeches were open-kneed, a great deal wider than a Flanderkin’s trousers, hung all around with abundance of little ribbons.
Derived terms
open-kneed breeches