noun
jodhpurs
Jodhpurs (noun) means Trousers worn for horse riding, wide at the top and close-fitting from the knee down, made of thick material.
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Trousers worn for horse riding, wide at the top and close-fitting from the knee down, made of thick material.
""What's the big idea?" Dorothy sprang in beside him, looking very trim and boyish in jodhpurs and dark flannel shirt over which she wore a thin brown sweater."
— Dorothy Wayne pseudonym; Noel Everingham Sainsbury, Dorothy Dixon Wins Her Wings (1933)
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Etymology
1913 (earlier as jodhpur breeches, 1899), from Jodhpur, former state in northwestern India. The city at the heart of the state was founded 1459 by Rao Jodha, a local ruler, and is named for him.
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"jodhpurs" (noun) means trousers worn for horse riding, wide at the top and close-fitting from the knee down, made of thick material.
