trousers

Trousers are a human-made lower-body garment consisting of a waist section and two separate leg sections that descend from the waist, worn as a single unit covering both legs. Three parameters carve the construct: (1) bifurcated construction — two leg sections split at the crotch, in contrast to the single tube of a skirt; (2) leg coverage from the waist downward — full-length trousers carry each leg section to at least the ankle, and variants truncating the legs at the thigh are classified as shorts, an instance of this kind rather than a separate kind; (3) waist fastening — a waistband, drawstring, or closure, with a front fly or other closure. Trousers persist through garment manufacture: the two-legged cut, its tailoring and assembly conventions, and its standard position in dress codes and retail classification are reproduced by tailors and manufacturers and taught as a basic category of dress. [formal: bracae | substrate: matter | horizon: generations | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.01]