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What (who) is culottes - definition

WOMAN'S SPLIT SKIRT; EARLIER, BREECHES OR KNICKERS
Trouser skirt; Culotte; Gaucho pants; Kullotte; Kulotte; Kulottes; Kullottes; Culot; Koolats; Divided skirt; Gaucho Pants; Coulot; Coulotte
  • Demi-denims
  • his Cabinet]] in 1823. The president wears knee breeches, while his secretaries wear long [[trousers]].
  • [[Louis XVI]], dressed in culottes

culottes         
[kju:'l?t(s)]
¦ plural noun women's knee-length trousers, cut with full legs to resemble a skirt.
Origin
C19: Fr., 'knee breeches', dimin. of cul 'rump'.
culottes         
Culottes are knee-length women's trousers that look like a skirt.
N-PLURAL: also a pair of N
Culottes         
Culottes are an item of clothing worn on the lower half of the body. The term can refer to either split skirts, historical men's breeches, or women's under-pants; this is an example of fashion-industry words taken from designs across history, languages and cultures, then being used to describe different garments, often creating confusion among historians and readers.

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Culottes

Culottes are an item of clothing worn on the lower half of the body. The term can refer to either split skirts, historical men's breeches, or women's underpants; this is an example of fashion-industry words taken from designs across history, languages and cultures, then being used to describe different garments, often creating confusion among historians and readers. The French word culotte is (a pair of) panties, pants, knickers, trousers, shorts, or (historically) breeches; derived from the French word culot, meaning the lower half of a thing, the lower garment in this case.

In English-speaking history culottes were originally the knee-breeches commonly worn by gentlemen of the European upper-classes from the late Middle Ages or Renaissance through the early 19th century. The style of tight trousers ending just below the knee was popularized in France during the reign of Henry III (1574–1589). Culottes were normally closed and fastened about the leg, to the knee, by buttons, a strap and buckle, or a draw-string. During the French Revolution of 1789–1799, working-class revolutionaries were known as the "sans-culottes" – literally, "without culottes" – a name derived from their rejection of aristocratic apparel. In the United States, the first five presidents, from George Washington through James Monroe, wore culottes according to the style of the late 18th century.

Examples of use of culottes
1. Fashion hasnt been this edgy since the sans–culottes.
2. The new outfits for women featured navy culottes, flared trousers, green puffed shoulder tops and navy–blue gilets.
3. He had no official title but he led, with the support of young Islamist sans culottes, the "untouchables" of the very inegalitarian Sudanese society.
4. Such a choice might seem confrontational÷ a rude gesture from the French aristocratic–administrative classes to the sans culottes who dared to vote "non" in Sunday‘s referendum.
5. Clothes, moreover, that have been picked out by slender fashion editors who rank style above practicality: things like culottes, see–through blouses and fishnet pop sox.