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Pants that flare at the hips so your knees can actually bend near a horse.
means Snug-fitting trousers, cut full through the hips and thighs but tapering tightly from knee to ankle, originally made for horseback riding.
from Named after Jodhpur, a city in Rajasthan, India, where this riding style of trouser was traditionally worn. British cavalry officers and polo players stationed in India adopted the local design in the 19th century and carried the word (and the pants) home with them, where it got anglicized and absorbed into Western riding wear.
- origin
- Named after Jodhpur, India, royal riding dress
- design logic
- Baggy thighs, snug calves, zero saddle chafing
- colonial import
- British officers adopted them from Indian polo players
- modern irony
- Now worn by people who have never touched a horse