Word: garments
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...learn from an advertisement in a Western exchange that "The Harvard suit, now worn by college students all over the country." consists in a "four-button, straight-cut, frock coat, made of either a very nobby cassimere, English worsted, or basket goods." No mention is made of any other garment. Well, we live and learn...
...abundantly evident from the testimonies of many ancient authors, that the ancient Gauls, Britons, and other Celtic nations wore a garment which covered both their thighs and legs, and very much resembled our breeches and stockings united. This garment was called in the Celtic tongue, the common language of all these nations, braxe, or bracce; probably because it was made of the same party-colored cloth with their plaids, as breac, in that language, signifies anything that is party-colored. These braxe, or close trousers, which were both graceful and convenient, and discovered the fine shape and turn of their...
...word originating among the Venetians, who wore the garment, calling it pantaloni, from Pantaleon, formerly the patron saint of Venice." - MENAGE. "Originally a baptismal name very frequent among the Venetians, and hence applied to them, by the other states as a common name; afterwards, a name of derision, as applying to a part of their dress that then distinguished the Venetians, namely, breeches and stockings that were all of a piece." - SMART. "His [Pantaloon's] name is said by antiquaries to be derived from the Italian words 'Pianta leone,' as it were the 'Lion planter,' in allusion to the boastful...
...angel's garment trailing through...
...course, befitting that all Seniors should wear a distinctive, appropriate, and uniform dress. An evening dress, worn as a morning costume, is manifestly absurd, and its inappropriateness undeniable. The gown has of old been regarded as the fit dress of scholars, and is unquestionably the only garment suitable for collegiate celebrations. Our faculty showed that they were convinced of this when they decided to appear in gowns on Commencement Day, and no reasonable objections can be offered against the adoption of them by Seniors on both the public celebrations. Their adoption does not necessarily involve increased expense, as some...