breeks

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English breke, Northern variant of brechis (“trousers”), from Old English brēċ (“breeches”), plural of brōc (“covering for the leg; trouser”). More at breeches. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹiːks/ Rhymes: -iːks === Noun === breeks pl (plural only) (Scotland) Pants, breeches. === Anagrams === beserk == Scots == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iːkz === Noun === breeks breeches, trousers The Plague o' Playin' Bools, in Poems and Songs chiefly in the Scottish Language (1877), edited by James M. Neilson: Bools are maybe walth tae him, But they're loss tae me; There he's comin' wi' his breeks Oot at ilka knee. ==== Descendants ==== → Scottish Gaelic: briogais