Meaning of kneeband | Babel Free

Definitions

The band at the bottom of a leg on a pair of breeches.

Examples

“Can the calmest face, can the best-plaited lawn-sleeves, can the highest-drawn pink stockings, can the comeliest thigh-cases, the most nicely puckered at the kneeband, or can the most virginal apron, do away with or cover this ?”

“Pass the hook & tape through it, & down between the breeches & drawers, & fix the hook on the edge of your kneeband, an inch from the kneebuckle.”

“The kneeband started to be buckled around 1735; previous to this the kneeband was buttoned.”

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