"trowsers" meaning in English

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          "text": "The best fighting costume is mere shirt and trowsers, and in this costume the best fighting of modern days has been done. […] Light limp caps of woollen, with brood visors, or broad-brimmed (but not too broad,) felt hats; double-breasted coats, so made that they can be worn open in warm weather, and will really protect the chest in a lower temperature; trowsers of the same, and under these, light flannel shirts and drawers; such are the proper materials for a soldier’s dress, even in the Summer months.",
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