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trews (iou)



trews noun pl. [tru:z] M16.
[Irish trius, Gaelic triubhas (sing.): see TROUSE noun2. Cf. TROUSERS.]
Close-fitting trousers or breeches combined with stockings, formerly worn by Irishmen and Scottish Highlanders (obsolete exc. Hist.); a kind of tartan trouser worn by certain Scottish regiments. M16.
gen. Trousers; spec. close-fitting tartan trousers worn by women. M19.