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BRACES BACK [1 record]

Record 1 2021-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clothing (General)
DEF

A waistband on a pair of pants in which the back side curves up higher than the front side and includes a notch in the centre.

CONT

Overalls have a high English back.

OBS

[English back trousers are] made to be worn exclusively with braces and [are] ideal with a waistcoat.

PHR

English back trousers, fishtail back trousers

Key term(s)
  • fish-tail back

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements (Généralités)

Spanish

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