cargo shorts

English

Noun

cargo shorts pl (plural only)

1. Casual short trousers with pockets, originally designed for outdoor activities.
   • 2004 August 30, The New Yorker, page 38:

     The service makes available, during limited weekend hours, a handful of the company's items – cargo shorts, tank tops, and the like – to the Hamptons house guest who discovers that he can't make it to Monday without purchasing one of those weird madras patchwork blazers

Related terms

• cargo pants