Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BREEKLET, n. A kind of puttee worn by female field-workers to prevent their skirts from hampering them in their work.Rxb. 1917 Kelso Chron. (18 May) 2/6:
When young ladies leave home and take to farm work they must carry the fashions along with them. Different from the days of our grandmothers, when “bondagers” wore . . . breeklets or straw ropes up to the knee.
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