breezers

English

Noun

breezers

1. plural of breezer
2. (plural only) Padded shorts worn as protective gear by ice hockey players.
   • 2001, Maura Beth Rosenthal, Body Culture of Women's Ice Hockey: A Participant Observation, page 106:

     This comment indicates that for this player, the protective function of the breezers is secondary to their looks.

   • 2012, Tim Sullivan, Battle on the Hudson:

     “My earliest memory is going to see them play the [Minnesota] North Stars one year, and they had those green breezers on,” Zach Parise,a first-round draft pick of the Devils in 2003 who eventually became the franchise's captain on October 5, 2011, said of New Jersey's pants at the time.

   • 2014, Jeff Hawkins, Playing Pro Hockey, page 59:

     Breezers are padded to offer extra midsection protection.