knick|ers «NIHK uhrz», noun (plural).
1. short, loose-fitting trousers gathered in at, or just below, the knee: »
old golfing knickers.
2. a kind of bloomerlike underwear, worn by women.
╂[short for knickerbockers < Knickerbocker (said to be due to the costume shown in illustrations of Washington Irving's Knickerbocker's History of New York)]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.