Home › Words › S › smallclothessmallclothessmallclothes means knee-length breeches, worn especially in the 18th century.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, smallclothes ranks #2,167 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom small + clothes.nounKnee-length breeches, worn especially in the 18th century.e.g.“Even fashions, otherwise convenient, as the trousers that have so long taken place of smallclothes, often perhaps owe their continuance to some general defect . . .” — 1841, Leigh Hunt, Essays:Underwear and other small items of clothing.e.g.“One hand slid up her thigh and underneath her smallclothes.” — 2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager, →ISBN, page 701:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.breeches 79% match — A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. vs smallclothes →breeks 66% match — Pants, breeches. vs smallclothes →kirtle 65% match — A knee-length tunic. vs smallclothes →skilts 64% match — A kind of wide, coarse, short trousers worn in the USA around the 18th century. vs smallclothes →galligaskins 64% match — Large, loose breeches, fashionable in the 16th and 17th centuries. vs smallclothes →trunkhose 62% match — Short, full and bag-like breeches covering the hips and thighs, sometimes stuffed with wool or other material, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries. vs smallclothes →bombachas 60% match — Baggy knee-breeches worn for horseriding in Brazil. vs smallclothes →kneeband 60% match — The band at the bottom of a leg on a pair of breeches. vs smallclothes →