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kneeband

kneeband noun: the band at the bottom of a leg on a pair of breeches.

Noun

kneeband (plural kneebands)

  1. The band at the bottom of a leg on a pair of breeches.
    • Can the calmest face, can the best-plaited lawn-sleeves, can the highest-drawn pink stockings, can the comeliest thigh-cases, the most nicely puckered at the kneeband, or can the most virginal apron, do away with or cover this ?1891, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations
    • Pass the hook & tape through it, & down between the breeches & drawers, & fix the hook on the edge of your kneeband, an inch from the kneebuckle.1991, James Madison, William Thomas Hutchinson, William Munford Ellis Rachal, The Papers of James Madison, page 36

Forms of kneeband

pluralkneebands
alternative formknee-band

Origin of kneeband

From knee + band.

Questions about kneeband

What does kneeband mean?
Kneeband means the band at the bottom of a leg on a pair of breeches.
What part of speech is kneeband?
Kneeband is a noun.
What is the plural of kneeband?
The plural of kneeband is kneebands.

Words near kneeband in the dictionary

  1. knee-tremblers
  2. knee-trembles
  3. knee-trembling
  4. kneeache
  5. kneeaches
  6. kneeband
  7. kneebands
  8. kneebar
  9. kneebars
  10. kneeboard
  11. kneeboarded

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