Definition of bowyang in English:

bowyang

noun ˈbəʊjaŋ

Australian, NZ dated

A band or strap worn round the trouser leg below the knee.
〈澳／新西兰〉扎裤脚的带子
Example sentencesExamples
- Everything we have, either we go back to bowyangs and concertina leggings and then boots and things like that and moleskins and be very English, or use what has come from America.
- I had bowyangs and a billy-can and a hat with corks on strings.
- Many times I have said, and I repeat it tonight, that we do badly to think of the pioneers as grandfathers, with beards and bowyangs; dead and gone, their labours completed.
- Its an old time band with old time instruments and the band dress in a uniform of white strides with bowyangs and a red shirt and red chequered kerchief.
- The story goes that while Sam was working at McVeigh's, an artist visitor was so taken by his bushie whiskers and bowyangs that he asked him if he could take a snap.
- To prevent crawlies from getting up inside the legs of their baggy trousers they tied strips of kangaroo hide called bowyangs below their knees, giggling at the silly-sounding name, but awed by the necessity.
- His entry into Federal politics was marked with the quip, ‘I will not be surprised if I am the first Australian appointed as Governor-General’: he said later that if he got the job he would use Bruce's spats as bowyangs.

Origin

Late 19th century: from British dialect bow-yanks, bow-yankees 'leather leggings', of unknown origin.

单词	bowyang
释义	Definition of bowyang in English: bowyang noun ˈbəʊjaŋ Australian, NZ dated A band or strap worn round the trouser leg below the knee. 〈澳／新西兰〉扎裤脚的带子 Example sentencesExamples Everything we have, either we go back to bowyangs and concertina leggings and then boots and things like that and moleskins and be very English, or use what has come from America. I had bowyangs and a billy-can and a hat with corks on strings. Many times I have said, and I repeat it tonight, that we do badly to think of the pioneers as grandfathers, with beards and bowyangs; dead and gone, their labours completed. Its an old time band with old time instruments and the band dress in a uniform of white strides with bowyangs and a red shirt and red chequered kerchief. The story goes that while Sam was working at McVeigh's, an artist visitor was so taken by his bushie whiskers and bowyangs that he asked him if he could take a snap. To prevent crawlies from getting up inside the legs of their baggy trousers they tied strips of kangaroo hide called bowyangs below their knees, giggling at the silly-sounding name, but awed by the necessity. His entry into Federal politics was marked with the quip, ‘I will not be surprised if I am the first Australian appointed as Governor-General’: he said later that if he got the job he would use Bruce's spats as bowyangs. Origin Late 19th century: from British dialect bow-yanks, bow-yankees 'leather leggings', of unknown origin.
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