breeks n pl also briggs [phonetics unavailable]. Cp OED breek 1 b; EDD breek sb 1. Heavy trousers, like riding-breeches.
   T 29-64 'Well now,' he says, 'he has on a curty breeks, breeches, you know, with stitching around.' T 200-65 I come home, me son, and I had a brand new suit o' clothes, winter clothes, breeks and logans. 1975 GUY 60-1 Then what is perhaps the pièce de résistance of the whole juvenile winter ensemble was drawn on. The set of briggs. Or 'breeks' as they are called by some... They were reinforced at the knees with patches of the stoutest leather with slits in the legs which were snugly fitted against the juvenile calf by means of ... lacings.

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