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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Pluderhose.
Noun
pluderhose (uncountable)
- Short, baggy trousers that are gathered tightly at the bottom.
1931, Apollo - Volumes 13-14, page 318:The wide puffed and slashed sleeves and dangling baggy slops (pluderhose) of the sergeatnts (Fig. VI) and the halberdier are typical of the German landsknechte,,,
1954, Suomen Muinaismuistoyhdistyksen aikakauskirja:Upon his arrival in Finland the young Duke and his retinue were dressed in the German fashion favoured by the Court of the Vasas: pluderhose and loose, short Renaissance gown (Figs. 6, 19, 55).
1975, Elizabeth Taylor Lehman, Inconsistencies in men's hosen: a reflection on the Elizabethan age, page 54:These pluderhose according to Carl Kohler in A History of Costume, consisted of two garments one inside the other.
1988, Dora Liscia Bemporad, Il Costume nell'età del Rinascimento, page 298:The pluderhose is likewise built on a frame of chamois leather. The panes are of black velvet, decorated like the doublet and showing off the violet taffeta.