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'''Braies''' were mens [[underwear]]. They are beleived to have been made of [[linen]] and are frequently depicted as being white (or off-white) in colour. |
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mens underpants |
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Frequently observed in a number of [[manuscript]]s where people are [[farm]]ing and wearing split [[hose]] which are rolled down. |
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Earlier braies tend to be baggy and have a rolled waist. Later braies conform to a shape closer to modern, form-fitting boxer shorts. There are also images of smaller bikini-like braies in the [[15th century]]. |
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Their appearance in mixed company in field workers may indicate that the wearing of ones underwear in public was less of a social faux pas than it is today. |
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==external links== |
==external links== |
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Revision as of 17:04, 16 February 2006
Braies were mens underwear. They are beleived to have been made of linen and are frequently depicted as being white (or off-white) in colour.
Frequently observed in a number of manuscripts where people are farming and wearing split hose which are rolled down.
Earlier braies tend to be baggy and have a rolled waist. Later braies conform to a shape closer to modern, form-fitting boxer shorts. There are also images of smaller bikini-like braies in the 15th century.
Their appearance in mixed company in field workers may indicate that the wearing of ones underwear in public was less of a social faux pas than it is today.
external links
- http://www.randyasplund.com/browse/medieval/chausse1.html
- http://www.randyasplund.com/browse/medieval/chauss2.html
- http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/trousers/breechesindex.htm
- http://thescholarsgarret.com/artifact/braies/ 15th C braies
- Conjectural Mid-14th Century Braies http://scamelee.freeservers.com/braies_personal.html
- http://www.bucks-retinue.org.uk/content/view/76/87/
