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Definition of galluses in English: gallusesplural nounˈɡaləsɪzˈɡæləsəz North American, Scottish Braces for a person's trousers. 〈主苏格兰，美〉（裤子的）吊带，背带 he wore cream-coloured slacks held up by red galluses Example sentencesExamples - The Scots word for braces, straps supporting trousers from the shoulders, is sometimes spelt ‘galluses’ and is a corruption of the term ‘gallows’, the apparatus for capital punishment by hanging.
- By that time, he had gotten to be very stout and usually wore galluses, but in addressing at hotel at the banquet, he and his wife seemed to be in a hurry and he left off his galluses.
- Their hats should be creased fore and aft like a fedora, and I don't like exposed galluses.
- Here, at one of the Winter Range shoots, this California cowboy has donned a ‘Montana pinch’ hat, bib front shirt, galluses, and an original pair of circa 1890s wooly shotgun chaps, along with his square-toed boots, California-pattern spurs, wild rag, and Colt Peacemaker and frontier-era gunleather.
- It helped to hide the suspenders, or galluses, which held up the trousers.
OriginMid 19th century: plural of gallus, variant of gallows. Definition of galluses in US English: gallusesplural nounˈɡæləsəzˈɡaləsəz Scottish, North American Suspenders for trousers. he wore cream-colored slacks held up by red galluses Example sentencesExamples - Here, at one of the Winter Range shoots, this California cowboy has donned a ‘Montana pinch’ hat, bib front shirt, galluses, and an original pair of circa 1890s wooly shotgun chaps, along with his square-toed boots, California-pattern spurs, wild rag, and Colt Peacemaker and frontier-era gunleather.
- It helped to hide the suspenders, or galluses, which held up the trousers.
- The Scots word for braces, straps supporting trousers from the shoulders, is sometimes spelt ‘galluses’ and is a corruption of the term ‘gallows’, the apparatus for capital punishment by hanging.
- By that time, he had gotten to be very stout and usually wore galluses, but in addressing at hotel at the banquet, he and his wife seemed to be in a hurry and he left off his galluses.
- Their hats should be creased fore and aft like a fedora, and I don't like exposed galluses.
OriginMid 19th century: plural of gallus, variant of gallows. |