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Salutations. I am looking for instances where men of the cities wore trousers rather than tunics or robes. Also any instance of a woman wearing trusers/tunics as part of everyday or work wear. My thanks in advance

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Greetings,

Yes, trousers are not unheard of. As the quotes below show, trousers are worn by free men, free women and slaves.

I wish you well,
Fogaban




Kutaituchik lifted his head and regarded us; his eyes seemed sleepy; he was bald, save for a black knot of hair that emerged from the back of his shaven skull; he was a broad-backed man, with small legs; his eyes bore the epicanthic fold; his skin was a ringed, yellowish brown; though he was stripped to the waist, there was about his shoulders a rich, ornamented robe of the red bosk, bordered with jewels; about his neck, on a chain decorated with sleen teeth, there hung a golden medallion, bearing the sign of the four bosk horns; he wore furred boots, wide leather trousers, and a red sash, in which was thrust a quiva.
Nomads of Gor nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Book 4 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Page 43


The Wintering was not unpleasant, although, even so far north, the days and nights were often quite chilly; the Wagon Peoples and their slaves as well, wore boskhide and furs during this time; both male and female, slave or free, wore furred boots and trousers, coats and the flopping, ear-flapped caps that tied under the chin; in this time there was often no way to mark the distinction between the free woman and the slave girl, save that the hair of the latter must needs be unbound; in some cases, of course, the Turian collar was visible, if worn on the outside of the coat, usually under the furred collar; the men, too, free and slave, were dressed similarly, save that the Kajiri, or he-slaves, wore shackles, usually with a run of about a foot of chain.
Nomads of Gor nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Book 4 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Page 59


Gorm was bare-chested and barefoot. He wore trousers of the fur of sea sleen. About his neck was a golden chain and pendant, doubtless taken once from a free woman of the south.
Marauders of Gor nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Book 9 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Page 61


Men were now running from the palisade and the fields down to the dock. They were bare-headed, and wore shaggy jackets. Some wore trousers of skin, others tunics of dyed wool.


Though the hall of Ivar Forkbeard was built only of turf and stone, and though he himself was outlaw, he had met me at its door, after I had been bidden wait outside, in his finest garments of scarlet and gold, and carrying a bowl of water and a towel. "Welcome to the hall of Ivar Forkbeard," he had said. I had washed my hands and face in the bowl, held by the master of the house himself, and dried myself on the towel. Then invited within I had been seated across from him in the place of honor. Then from his chests, within the hall, he had given me a long, swirling cloak of the fur of sea sleen; a bronze-headed spear; a shield of painted wood, reinforced with bosses of iron; the shield was red in color, the bosses enameled yellow; a helmet, conical, of iron, with hanging chain, and a steel nosepiece, that might be raised and lowered in its bands; and, too, a shirt and trousers of skin; and, too, a broad ax, formed in the fashion of Torvaldsland, large, curved, single-bladed; and four rings of gold, that might be worn on the arm.
Marauders of Gor nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Book 9 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Page 96


"Good," said the Forkbeard. He climbed to his feet. He knocked the dirt from the knees of his leather trousers. "Good," he said.
Marauders of Gor nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Book 9 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Page 102


There was uneven footing in the hall. We slipped in the blood. It filled the pit of the long fire. It was splashed about our trousers and tunics.
Marauders of Gor nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Book 9 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Page 210


"No," laughed T'Zshal. "I jest not!"
He wore desert boots, canvas trousers, baggy, a red sash; in the sash was thrust a dagger, curved. He was bare-chested, and hairy; he wore kaffiyeh and agal, though of rep-cloth, the cording, too, of rep-cloth, twisted into narrow cord.
Tribesmen of Gor nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Book 10 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Page 241


(speaking of Tarna)

I walked about her, examining her. She stood, angrily, inspected.

With the blade of my scimitar I brushed back the dashed, left leg of her trousers. She had an excellent leg within.
Tribesmen of Gor nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Book 10 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Page 330


A slave girl in the crowd edged toward me, and looked up at me. She was alone.
I saw a short fellow in the street crowd. He was passing by. He was squat and broad, powerful, apparently very strong. Though the weather was cool in the early spring he was stripped to the waist. He wore trousers of fur, and fur boots, which came to the knee.
Beasts of Gor nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Book 12 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Page 48


I felt the roughness of the boards with my shoulder. I was stripped to the waist. I wore loose trousers of fur, tied about my waist, and fur boots.
Beasts of Gor nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Book 12 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Page 142


I regarded her. She wore trousers and a jacket of whitish fur, of the sea sleen; the jacket had a hood, thrown back, rimmed with lart fur, on which human breath does not freeze. Her boots were of the fur of sea sleen, trimmed, too, with lart fur.
Beasts of Gor nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Book 12 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Page 143


"'What is that carving?" I asked our native guide. He was a tall, red man, handsome and strong. He wore an open-throated blue shirt, with the sleeves rolled up. It is like a half-tunic for the torso, with sleeves. Too, he wore blue trousers. Such a garment covers the lower body, and fits about the legs."
Explorers of Gor nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Book 13 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Page 320


"Barbarians for sale!" called the fellow on the platform. He was a gross, corpulent fellow, and wore a long, opened, soiled shirt of blue-and-yellow silk. His leather trousers were fastened with a wide, triply buckled belt.
Savages of Gor nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Book 17 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Page 100


The slaves were now warmly garmented, though not, of course, as might have been free women. The robes of concealment in winter are much like those of gentler weathers, save for darker colors, more absorptive of, and retentive of, heat, heavier materials, some additional layering, and such. In the case of the slave a short, long-sleeved jacket, coming high on the hips, its length resembling that of a slave tunic, is worn over an undershirt. They are also put in trousers, belted with binding fiber.
Swordsmen of Gor nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Book 29 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Pages 530 - 531


Clearly colder weather was anticipated. We had been issued woolen materials, woven from the fleece of the bounding hurt, with awls and string, from which we were to fashion winter garmenture for ourselves. The nature of this projected garmenture, as might have been anticipated, was clearly specified. A cloth worker measured us and cut the patterns, as we were not permitted scissors. Under his supervision we sewed the garments. The awls were allotted, counted, and returned. Our work must be approved by the cloth worker. I had to remove stitches twice, and resew them. In any event we, though slaves, would be well bundled. When we were finished we each had trousers and a jacket. The jackets, belted, came to our thighs, and had hoods. We also had a shawl and blanket. Our feet were wrapped in thick cloths, and our legs, over the trousers, boot-like were similarly swathed.
Smugglers of Gor nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Book 32 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Pages 161 - 162




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