At 18:17 26/06/2007, you wrote:
A friend asks:
"What do you call those sort of bloomers that men wore with hose in the
16th c in France. They are rounded in outline, striped, come to about mid
thigh."
Evidently he's looking for a French term, though if there's an obvious
English one I'll send him that as well.
I believe the term is "Les hauts-de chausses". Taken from
Flammarion's "Le Costume part ll La Renaissance -le style Louis Xlll
by Jacques Ruppert".
I cannot find an exact translation of the above phrase, but the
accompanying picture makes it clear that these are trunk hose, as
they are generally called in England. Longer versions, to the knee,
are called h-d-c- "a lodiers". (Sorry no accents - don't know how!)
Suzi
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