- riding breeches, loose-fitting around the hips and tight-fitting from the thighs to the ankles
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jodh•purs /ˈdʒɑdpɚz/USA pronunciation
n. [plural]
- Clothingtrousers used when riding horses, cut very full over the hips and tapering at the knees to become tightfitting from the knees to the ankles.
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jodhpurs /ˈdʒɒdpəz/ pl n
jodh•pur
( jod′pər),USA pronunciation n.
Jodh•pur ( jod′pər; locally jōd′pŏŏr),USA pronunciation n.
- Clothing jodhpurs, (used with a pl. v.) riding breeches cut very full over the hips and tapering at the knees to become tightfitting from the knees to the ankles.
- ClothingAlso called jodh′pur shoe′, jodh′pur boot′. an ankle-high shoe for wearing with such breeches, having a strap that encircles the ankle and buckles on the side. Cf. chukka boot.
- after Jodhpur 1895–1900
Jodh•pur ( jod′pər; locally jōd′pŏŏr),USA pronunciation n.
- Place NamesAlso called Marwar. a former state in NW India, now in Rajasthan.
- Place Namesa city in central Rajasthan, in NW India. 318,894.
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