American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. A descendant of the Dutch settlers of New York. -
n. A native or inhabitant of New York. - n. Full breeches
gathered and banded just below the knee; knickers. Century
Dictionary and Cyclopedia - n. A descendant of the Dutch
settlers of New Netherlands. - n. [lowercase] A stout fabric of
wool and linen having a rough or knotted surface, used for
women's dresses. - n. [lowercase] plural Loosely fitting knee-
breeches resembling those represented as worn by the Dutch in
the seventeenth century; by extension, the whole dress of the
lower limbs of which those knee-breeches form part, including
the long stocking worn with them; also, the whole costume.
Knickerbockers are worn by young boys, and also by sportsmen, by
bicyclers, and sometimes by travelers. - Pertaining to or
regarded as characteristic of the original Dutch settlers in New
York, or their descendants. GNU Webster's 1913 - n. A linsey-
woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface