boardshort

English

Noun

boardshort

1. Attributive form of boardshorts.
   • 2000, Leonard Lueras, Lorca Lueras, Surfing Hawaii: The Ultimate Guide to the World’s Most Challenging Waves, Periplus Editions, →ISBN:

     Kapaa (cousin to the famous Miura Store boardshort makers of Haleiwa), […]

   • 2012, Christine Schmidt, The Swimsuit: Fashion from Poolside to Catwalk, Berg, →ISBN, pages 120 and 132–133:

     […] however, the company does recommend, ‘If you doubt yourself, wear something else’, which is reinforced by the boardshort collections currently outperforming briefs in terms of sales (personal correspondence 2010). […] Boardshort design evolved in response to the surfer’s need for a functional and durable garment that did not restrict movement while surfing; […]

   • 2013, Peter Westwick, Peter Neushul, The World in the Curl: An Unconventional History of Surfing, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 306:

     (Wetsuit and boardshort makers similarly experimented with limestone-based “geoprene” instead of petroleum-based neoprene for wetsuits, and recycled plastic or organic cotton instead of synthetic nylon or polyester boardshorts.)

   • 2017, Dani Pettrey, Still Life (Chesapeake Valor; book 2), Bethany House, →ISBN:

     Kyle slipped his hands into his pastel pink boardshort pockets.

   • 2022, Anita Faulkner, A Colourful Country Escape, Sphere, →ISBN:

     Now he was shoving them back into his boardshort pockets, she could feel the spring chill creeping back into her.

2. (uncommon) Boardshorts.
   • 1982, Surfing, volume 18, number 10, page 8:

     Being a surfer of a few years, I take care to find a boardshort that is both durable and good looking.

   • 2008, Linda Chase, Surfing: Women of the Waves, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 70:

     Roxy lays claim to a surf-fashion coup—the boardshort, a fashion-forward design that combined fit and flexibility with a more feminine styling. The boardshort, so the Roxy version goes, was developed in a brainstorming session with Roxy’s fashion designers and Lisa Andersen, by then a sponsored member of the Roxy team.

   • 2008 May, Women’s Health, page 137:

     You can’t beat a board short for slimming muscular thighs.

   • 2014, Malie Moran, Attila Pohlmann, Andrew Reilly, Honolulu Street Style, Intellect, →ISBN, page 62:

     The style of the boardshort was not immune to fashion trends of color, motif, and cut.