Skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls
Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.
Noun
man''s garment of the 16th and 17th centuries; worn with a doublet
Noun
skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls
n. pl.
Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part
of the body and the legs.
Tights
Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.
Usage Examples
I grew up on the crime stuff. Spillane, Chandler, Jim Thompson, and noir movies like Fuller, Orson Welles, Fritz Lang. When I first showed up in New York to write comics back in the late 1970s, I came with a bunch of crime stories but everybody just wanted men in tights.
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Other Usage ExamplesA lot of sequins for New Year's! Red, green, white - I fail at all of that because I'm always in black. But for Christmas, I do love wearing cute dresses with tights and a pair of boots.