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Meanings of plus fours in English

Russian
пумпы
Portuguese
knickerbocker
Spanish
bombacho
Catalan
bombatxo
Wikidata

Full breeches gathered into bands below the knee.

пумпы
Synonyms
Examples for "knickerbockers"
Examples for "knickerbockers"
1
As it was, everybody was running after the young man in knickerbockers.
Recalled to Life
2
Even the English people who come here put on knickerbockers and bonnets.
Pomona's Travels / A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder...
3
His stockings were short, and did not come up to his knickerbockers.
Highroads of Geography / Introductory Book: Round the World with...
4
His knickerbockers, in the elegance of their lines, were the delight of beholders.
The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
5
And now to little Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell in knickerbockers and Holland jerkin.
The Story of Baden-Powell / 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps'
Usage of plus fours in English
1
He wore an Inverness cape, plus fours, and stout shoes.
Johannes cabal the necromancer
2
Also the plus fours and the Old Etonian spats.
Right Ho, Jeeves
3
He might look like a berk if he was thrashed while wearing, say, monogrammed ivory plus fours.
The Guardian
4
It was then that the character in the turned-around golf cap and tatty plus fours drew alongside him.
The frozen rabbi
5
An eccentric, flamboyant golfing legend right down to his plus fours and spats, Hagen was a professional at the club.
The Irish Times
6
Rufus cast a cursory glance over his shoulder and committed a gross double take that made his plus fours flap in disbelief.
Johannes cabal the necromancer
7
The Plus Fours Routefinder, released in 1920, took on the work of many of today's devices, but in a rather handsome analog form.
Wired
Translations for plus fours
Russian
пумпы
Portuguese
knickerbocker
Catalan
bombatxo