Note to As You Like It, 3.2.195: "doublet and hose"


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doublet and hose: —Characteristically male clothes. "The doublet is a close-fitting body-garment, with or without sleeves, worn by men from the 14th to the 18th centuries. (Rarely applied to a similar garment worn by women.) Hose is an article of clothing for the leg; sometimes reaching down only to the ankle as a legging or gaiter, sometimes also covering the foot like a long stocking." —OED

All three pictured are wearing doublets and both men are wearing hose; the Earl of Leicester is wearing padded hose.


The Earl of Leicester              Rosalind as a man                   Unknown tailor by Moroni