Meaning & use
smallclothes
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Close-fitting breeches or undergarments, especially as worn by men in the 18th century.
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The museum displayed a set of silk smallclothes from the 1780s.
Gentlemen of the era wore smallclothes beneath their long coats.
A note on using this word
A historical term now mostly found in accounts of 18th-century fashion or period drama costuming.
Words with a similar meaning
breeches
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