Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Costume (hierarchy name)
5. costume (mode of fashion)
6. clothing
7. main garments
8. [main garments for the lower body]
9. trousers
10. breeches (trousers)

Anotations

Scope note:

Short breeches worn by European men in the 16th and 17th centuries, covering the body from the waist to the middle of the thigh. They were sometimes stuffed, varied from tight- to loose-fitting, and were joined to the stocking portion near the fork.