Breeches
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Breeches (pronounced [ˈbritʃɪz] or [ˈbrɪtʃɪz]) is a type of clothing that males wear that covers the body from the waist down, with different coverings for each leg, usually stopping just below the knee, though sometimes reaching to the ankles. The breeching of a young boy, at an age somewhere between six and eight, was a completion in his childhood.
Breeches Media
Breeches are still worn as livery for special occasions in several European courts. Here, a coachman in the Netherlands wears them during Prinsjesdag, 2013.
Breeches as worn in the United States in the late 18th century: Elijah Boardman by Ralph Earl, 1789.
Equestrian portrait of Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn by David Morier around 1765.
2005 Melbourne show competitor in jodhpurs.
