trews
trews
Definition
trews (tro̵̅o̅z)
Scot. trousers, esp. tartan trousers
Etymology: Gael triubhas
trews
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- wear: These were close-fitting trousers like tights in modern times Highlanders often wore trews, especially in winter.
- shear: Some may think that tossing the caber and dancing the ' shorn trews ' are quaint relics of a bygone culture.
Noun used with modifier
- tartan: The native musicians in this band were dressed in tunics of green cloth over Sutherland tartan trews.
