spatterdashed

adj

spatterdashed

adj

Etymology From spatterdashes + -ed.

1

Wearing spatterdashes.

Many young gentlemen canter up on thorough-bred hacks, spatterdashed to the knee, and enter the house to drink cherry-brandy and pay their respects to the ladies1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

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