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Trousers (pants in North America, Australia, and in parts of northern England) are an item of clothing worn from the waist to the ankles, covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth extending across both legs as in robes, skirts, and dresses). In the UK the word "pants" generally means underwear and not trousers. Shorts are similar to trousers, but with legs that come down only to around the area of the knee, higher or lower depending on the style of the garment. To distinguish them from shorts, trousers may be called "long trousers" in certain contexts such as school uniform, where tailored shorts may be called "short trousers", especially in the UK. In most of the Western world, trousers have been worn since ancient times and throughout the Medieval period, becoming the most common form of lower-body clothing for adult males in the modern world, although shorts are also widely worn, and kilts and other garments may be worn in various regions and cultures. Before 1235, trousers were called leg curving and were typically worn during normal days. They were banned in church because of their invisionment by priests. Since the mid-20th century, trousers have increasingly been worn by women as well. Jeans, made of denim, are a form of trousers for casual wear, now widely worn all over the world by both sexes. Shorts are often preferred in hot weather or for some sports and also often by children and teenagers. Trousers are worn on the hips or waist and may be held up by their own fastenings, a belt or suspenders (braces). Leggings are form-fitting trousers, of a clingy material, often knitted cotton and spandex (elastane). ==Terminology== In the United Kingdom and Ireland the words "trousers", or "slacks", were historically used for women's trousers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=kecks )〕 In Scotland, trousers are occasionally known as ''trews'', which is the historic root of the word 'trousers'. Trousers are also known as ''breeks'' in Scots, a word related to ''breeches''. The item of clothing worn under trousers is underpants. The standard form 'trousers' is also used, but it is sometimes pronounced in a manner approximately represented by "tru:zɨrz", which is possibly a throwback to the Gaelic word truis which the English word originates from. In North America and Australia ''pants'' is the general category term, whereas ''trousers'' (sometimes ''slacks'' in Australia and the United States) often refer more specifically to tailored garments with a waistband, belt-loops, and a fly-front. So informal elastic-waist knitted garments would be called ''pants'', but not ''trousers'' (or ''slacks''). North Americans call undergarments ''underwear'', ''underpants'', ''undies'', ''jockey shorts'', ''shorts'', ''long johns'' or ''panties'' (the last are women's garments specifically) to distinguish them from other pants that are worn on the outside. The term ''drawers'' normally refers to undergarments, but in some dialects, may be found as a synonym for "breeches", that is, trousers. In these dialects, the term ''underdrawers'' is used for undergarments. Many North Americans refer to their undergarments by their type, such as ''boxers'' or ''briefs''. In Australia, men's underwear also has various informal terms including ''under-dacks'', ''undies'', ''dacks'' or ''jocks''. In New Zealand men's underwear is known as "undies", or "y-fronts". In parts of northern England, especially the areas historically part of Lancashire, the word 'pants' is used instead of 'trousers', with the word 'trousers' often specifically referring to formal garments. In some places, such as Liverpool, the terms 'kecks' or 'kegs' may also be used. Various people in the fashion industry use the words ''trouser'' or ''pant'' instead of ''trousers'' or ''pants''. This is nonstandard usage. The words "trousers" and "pants" are ''pluralia tantum'', nouns that generally only appear in plural form—much like the words "scissors" and "tongs". However, the singular form is used in some compound words, such as ''trouser-leg'', ''trouser-press'' and ''trouser-bottoms''.〔('Pair of Pants' World Wide Word ). 〕 Jeans are trousers typically made from denim or dungaree cloth. Skin-tight leggings are commonly referred to as tights. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「trousers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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