Flares, loons and bell-bottoms are back...
He was clothed in maroon bell-bottom trousers.
English dictionary. 2008.
Bell-bottoms — is a trousers that become wider from the knees downwards. Related styles include flare, loon pants and boot cut/leg trousers. Hip huggers are bell bottomed, flare, or boot cut pants that are fitted tightly around the hips and thighs worn by men… … Wikipedia
bell bottoms — type of trousers, 1882, from BELL (Cf. bell) (n.) + BOTTOM (Cf. bottom) … Etymology dictionary
bell-bottoms — bell .bottoms n [plural] trousers with legs that get wider from the knee to the bottom = ↑flares … Dictionary of contemporary English
bell-bottoms — bell ,bottoms noun plural OLD FASHIONED pants that are very wide at the bottom of the leg … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bell-bottoms — noun trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s • Syn: ↑bellbottom trousers, ↑bellbottom pants • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑trouser, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bell-bottoms — bell bot·toms (bĕlʹbŏt əmz) pl.n. Trousers with legs that flare at the bottom. * * * ➡ jeans * * * … Universalium
bell-bottoms — bell bottom, style of pants in which the leg flares out below the knee … English contemporary dictionary
bell-bottoms — noun plural Date: 1898 pants with wide flaring bottoms • bell bottom adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
bell-bottoms — plural noun trousers with a wide flare below the knee. Derivatives bell bottomed adjective … English new terms dictionary
bell-bottoms — noun Pants that are flared from the knee downwards, particularly reminiscent of the 1970s … Wiktionary
