Short trousers worn by men and fastened at or just below the knee.
〈古〉（男人穿着的齐膝或刚好未及膝的）短裤
Example sentencesExamples
Visiting Americans have always found it rather charming that public buildings are guarded by a man dressed in knee breeches and silk stockings armed with a sword, rather than a burly soldier in full body armour carrying an assault rifle.
Although aristocrats tended to favor powdered hair and tight-fitting knee breeches in the old style, most middle-class men wore trousers or pantaloons and kept their hair in a natural style.
He wore a tall black hat trimmed with gold braid, a black swallow tail coat with a white silk lining, white knee breeches and black, silver buckled shoes.
Definition of knee breeches in US English:
knee breeches
plural nounˈbrēCHiz
archaic
Short trousers worn by men and fastened at or just below the knee.
〈古〉（男人穿着的齐膝或刚好未及膝的）短裤
Example sentencesExamples
Visiting Americans have always found it rather charming that public buildings are guarded by a man dressed in knee breeches and silk stockings armed with a sword, rather than a burly soldier in full body armour carrying an assault rifle.
He wore a tall black hat trimmed with gold braid, a black swallow tail coat with a white silk lining, white knee breeches and black, silver buckled shoes.
Although aristocrats tended to favor powdered hair and tight-fitting knee breeches in the old style, most middle-class men wore trousers or pantaloons and kept their hair in a natural style.