Y-fronts

Y-fronts

English

Noun

Y-fronts pl (plural only)

1. (plural only, Britain, informal) Men's briefs that have a fly as part of an inverted Y formed by the seams.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, OCLC 59891543, page 9:

     Setting a spatted foot on the bench that ran down the middle of the changing-room with elegant distain, Adrian began to flip through the pile of Y-fronts and rugger shorts with his cane.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:underwear