1. an archaic or variant spelling of trousers; a garment covering the body from the waist to the ankles, with a separate part for each leg
Usage: archaic spelling; historical

Examples

• The gentleman wore fine woolen trowsers to the formal dinner.
• In old documents, you might see ‘trowsers’ instead of the modern spelling ‘trousers’.
• The tailor measured him for a new pair of trowsers.
• Historical fashion plates often show men in fitted trowsers.
• The spelling ‘trowsers’ was common in 19th-century American English.