Braies

Braies are a type of trouser worn by Celtic and Germanic tribes in antiquity and by Europeans subsequently into the Middle Ages.

Braies generally hung to the knees or mid-calf, resembling what are today called shorts.

[1] By the 11th century, Braies were ankle-length pants held in place by a cord fitted through the top.

Braies via Old French originate from Latin: bracae, plural of braca (also spelled braccae), referring to the shapeless pants worn by the Ancient Gauls, which in turn is borrowed from Gaulish brāca, of Germanic origin.

Etymologically akin to Old Norse: brók (such as in the nickname Ragnar Lodbrok, "Ragnar Shaggy-braies"), Old English: brōk or brōc (plural: brēc), German: Bruch, Danish: brog, Swedish: brok, etc.