pantaloon

Noun

pantaloon (countable and uncountable, plural pantaloons)

1. (countable) An aging buffoon.
   • Hic ibat, as I told you before, —Simois, I am
     Lucentio, hic est, son unto Vincentio of Pisa,—
     Sigeia tellus, disguised thus to get your love; —
     Hic steterat, and that Lucentio that comes
     a-wooing, — Priami, is my man Tranio, —
     regia, bearing my port, celsa senis, that we
     might beguile the old...c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
   • They constantly followed the virtuous pair, who as constantly eluded their grasp, whilst they themselves met with every kind of misfortune, until they became clown and pantaloon, […].1882, William Ballantine, Some Experiences of a Barrister's Life, page 234
2. (in plural) Trousers reminiscent of the tight-fitting leggings traditionally worn by a pantaloon.
3. A kind of fabric.