traditional short leather pants worn with suspenders by men and boys in the Alps
Origin of lederhosen
German from Middle High German lederhose from leder, leather + hose, pants: see hoselederhosen
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lederhosen
plural noun
Leather shorts, often with H-shaped suspenders, worn traditionally in Bavaria and the Tyrol by men and boys.
Origin of lederhosen
German from Middle High German lederhose leder leather ( from Old High German ledar ) hose trousers ( from Old High German hosa ; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.)THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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