Breeches facts for kids

A man wearing breeches

Breeches (pronounced or) is a type of clothing that males wear that covers the body from the waist down, with different coverings for each leg, usually stopping just below the knee, though sometimes reaching to the ankles. The breeching of a young boy, at an age somewhere between six and eight, was a completion in his childhood.

Images for kids

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  Breeches are still worn as livery for special occasions in several European courts. Here, a coachman in the Netherlands wears them during Prinsjesdag, 2013.

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  Breeches as worn in the United States in the late 18th century: Elijah Boardman by Ralph Earl, 1789.

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  A pair of buckles for dress breeches. The T-hook of the buckle is inserted into a buttonhole located on the strap at the bottoms of the leg of the breeches. The end of the strap is slipped through, the prongs lowered and then the end slipped through the other side of the buckle.

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  Equestrian portrait of Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn by David Morier around 1765.

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  2005 Melbourne show competitor in jodhpurs.

See also

In Spanish: Calzón para niños