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 Translation for 'knee-length' from English to French
ADJ   knee-length | - | -
vêt.
mi-bas {m}
knee-length sock
vêt.
chaussette {f} montante
knee-length sock
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Translation for 'knee-length' from English to French

knee-length sock
mi-bas {m}vêt.

chaussette {f} montantevêt.
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Usage Examples English
  • This consists of a knee-length pleated skirt, summer jacket, yellow socks (for the boys and junior girls), and grey socks or grey/black tights for senior girls, as well as the long coat in winter, and the bands.
  • A "kittel" (Yiddish: קיטל), a white knee-length overgarment, is worn by prayer leaders and some observant traditional Jews on the High Holidays.
  • There are a variety of shorts, ranging from knee-length short trousers that can in some situations be worn as formal clothes to beachwear and athletic shorts.
  • A number of footballers around the globe wear a kit made up of a jersey, shorts, cleats (boots) and knee-length socks worn over shin guards.
  • Frock coats were shortened to knee-length and were worn for business, while the mid-thigh length sack coat slowly displaced the frock coat for less-formal occasions.

  • Around this time Sai Baba adopted the practice of dressing in a knee-length one-piece Kafni robe and a cloth cap.
  • Tunics were usually knee length and gathered at the waist with a belt.
  • Although not part of the prescribed uniform, alternate forms of legwear (such as loose socks, knee-length stockings, or similar) are also commonly matched by more fashionable girls with their sailor outfits.
  • Ballerina skirts became knee-length tutus, later on in order to show off their precise pointe work.
  • Soon she was wearing the controversial Bloomer dress, consisting of pantaloons worn under a knee-length dress.

  • A tailcoat is a knee-length coat characterised by a rear section of the skirt, known as the "tails", with the front of the skirt cut away.
  • The women wear traditional colourful sarees that are either knee-length or full length.
  • In the traditions of the Delaware, a bride wore a knee-length skirt of deerskin and a band of wampum beads around her forehead.
  • The uniform were also changed with the inclusion of optional long trousers for the Scouts, as opposed to the compulsory wearing of knee-length shorts, and the wearing of a Beret instead of the Campaign hat.
  • The banjara shirt embroidered with gold thread is a men's shirt that is up to knee length.

  • Typical modern jackets extend only to the upper thigh in length, whereas older coats such as tailcoats are usually of knee length.
  • An apron is worn just below knee-length, also to assist in the prevention of burns because of spillage.
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