TROUSER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trouser mean? 

• TROUSER (noun)
  The noun TROUSER has 1 sense:

1. a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers

  Familiarity information: TROUSER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROUSER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

he ripped his left trouser on the fence

Hypernyms ("trouser" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Holonyms ("trouser" is a part of...):

pair of trousers; pant; trousers ((usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately)

 Context examples 

In a man it is perhaps better first to take the knee of the trouser.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And all the rest of your money in your left trouser pocket.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Holmes sat motionless by the fire, his hands buried deep in his trouser pockets, his chin sunk upon his breast, his eyes fixed upon the glowing embers.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Holmes stood by the table, with his hands deep in his trouser’s pockets and his chin upon his breast.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His hand was wrapped in a bloody handkerchief, and the right trouser leg was ripped from knee to ankle.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Some of them were just like the peasants at home or those I saw coming through France and Germany, with short jackets and round hats and home-made trousers; but others were very picturesque.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"He got me all right," he announced, pointing to the torn trousers and undercloths, and the growing stain of red.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

My trouser had slipped up, exposing a few inches of my skin above my sock.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was dressed in a canvas jacket, and a pair of such very stiff trousers that they would have stood quite as well alone, without any legs in them.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

That Mr. Ends resented this, was patent; and Martin saw the twitch of his arm as if to protect his trousers pocket.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)