Hypertext Webster Gateway: "knickerbockers"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knickerbockers \Knick"er*bock`ers\, n. pl.
The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
knickerbockers
n : trousers ending above the knee [syn: {breeches}, {knee
breeches}, {knee pants}, {knickers}]
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