Quote Originally Posted by paulhenry View Post
Yes Breach is a traditional and not at all unusual term, and would be understood by most people in the UK and tailors and clothiers , and is essentially the hip or seat measurement.
But shouldn't it be 'breech' as in 'breeches'?

[This got me wondering, and for some reason the first thing I thought of was the Old Sailor by A.A. Milne:

"He was shipwrecked and lived on an island for weeks,
And he wanted a hat, and he wanted some breeks;"

and I discovered that breeks was a Scot word. Cool.]