Boardshorts
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A style of typically knee-length lightweight shorts worn generally by males as swimwear and for surfing. plural, plural-only
"But the appeal of the label — now sold at surf shops in 19 states and 12 countries — is that its black boardshorts and no-frills logos both bypass the sport’s floral sartorial clichés and also, for those in the know, summon up a hard-core, roots surfer image of riders like those Da Hui underwrites."
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More examples"But the appeal of the label — now sold at surf shops in 19 states and 12 countries — is that its black boardshorts and no-frills logos both bypass the sport’s floral sartorial clichés and also, for those in the know, summon up a hard-core, roots surfer image of riders like those Da Hui underwrites."
Etymology
From board + shorts.
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