trews

trews [trooz] ExamplesWord Origin noun (used with a plural verb)

1. close-fitting tartan trousers, worn especially by certain Scottish regiments.

Origin of trews 1560–70; Irish and Scots Gaelic triubhas Old French trebus breeches Examples from the Web for trews Historical Examples of trews

He wore the “trews” of tartan, which in itself showed him a man of consideration.

Red Cap Tales

Samuel Rutherford Crockett

Both battalions now wear dark green doublets and tartan “trews.”

British Regiments at the Front, The Story of Their Battle Honours

Reginald Hodder

But here lieth the second difficulty—the Prince wears no boots, but simply brogues and trews.’

Waverley, Or ‘Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete

Sir Walter Scott

Do you guard our prisoner here, while I, dressed in his trews and bonnet, carry the letter to the Duke.

A Daughter of Raasay

William MacLeod Raine

But here lieth the second difficulty—The Prince wears no boots, but simply brogues and trews.’

Waverley

Sir Walter Scott

British Dictionary definitions for trews trews pl n

1. mainly British close-fitting trousers, esp of tartan cloth and worn by certain Scottish soldiers

Word Origin for trews C16: from Scottish Gaelic triubhas, from Old French trebus; see trousers