Talk:pant

1/2 pants
I've removed this definition:


 * A a tube of cloth worn on either leg; half of a pair of pants.

Seems ridiculous to me, but then I know nothing of the history of the word. DAVilla 07:27, 24 October 2006 (UTC)


 * It's in the OED and Dictionary.com, both with the above meaning and as a synonym for "pants". --Ptcamn 07:43, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
 * ... like cowboys having those lether "pantings" to protect their jeans from the horns of the cows or bushes with pikes risking to tear their jeans? SvenAERTS (talk) 13:10, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

pant, pants - fashion industry nonsense
I am nominating the so-called fashion industry senses of pant and pants for verification due to a minor edit skirmish. I believe it to be extremely bad English to say that one pair of pants is a pant. The term is a plural tantum and this so-called fashion industry usage is non-standard and therefore I have labelled it as such. does not agree and reverted my edits. So here it is up for community discussion. By the way fashion industry non-sense is a good indicator of the slippery slope coming at us! --Williamsayers79 00:17, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * The fashion industry uses pant all the time. Probably standard in the industry. It clearly has to be tagged as specific to that, but I don't think also "non-standard". (Go google "fashion pant", with the quotes, so stemming is turned off. You'll see. "pant set" will get you 290,000 hits ;-) Robert Ullmann 00:31, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Thats fair enough I supose! But its still crap English, but I'll go with the consensus.--Williamsayers79 00:44, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * No slippery slope - this is just industry jargon. I don't think "pant" is going to take over from "pants" in general usage any time soon. We're here to reflect English usage, not to judge it, so "pant" must stay, with a suitable label attached ("dry-clean only", perhaps ;P). &mdash; Paul G 07:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * The singular pant is common in the industry. Also, pant suit. See for example: http://bookweb.syr.edu/ePOS?store=1&item_number=W42109&form=shared3%2Fgm%2Fdetail.html&design=1 —Stephen 17:28, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * What about the attributive sense? You must have heard of a "pant leg". DAVilla 19:22, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Good point. I've added this sense. We already have the UK English "trouser" with the same meaning. It's interesting to read the labels against that term... &mdash; Paul G 20:59, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

etymology: pantaloons
According to Garner's fourth edition,

Pant may appear to be a false singular of pants or even a back-formation. But both words are actually abbreviations of pantaloons, and have been so used since the late 19th century.

--Backinstadiums (talk) 19:00, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

(fashion) A pair of pants
What does the label (fashion) exactly mean? --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:27, 9 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Used by people who work in fashion, such as people who sell clothes in retail stores, or people involved in catwalks. Equinox ◑ 12:30, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

pant leg
https://www.wordreference.com/definition/pant --Backinstadiums (talk) 08:53, 26 June 2021 (UTC)