noun
shorts; knee breeches
Refers to short pants that end around the knee; often used for children's shorts or old-fashioned knee-length breeches.
夏は子供に半ズボンをはかせる。
In summer, I put shorts on my child.
昔の小学生はよく半ズボンをはいていた。
Elementary school kids in the old days often wore knee-length shorts.