Other forms: leotards
A leotard is a tight one-piece garment worn by performers. A black leotard, wear a leotard, dance leotard.
It covers the body from shoulders to hip and leaves the legs bare, which is why it suits dance, gymnastics and acrobatics — the line of the body has to be visible. A unitard covers the legs too. It is named after Jules Léotard, the French acrobat who invented the flying trapeze act and performed in one; he called it a maillot, and the English named it after him.
1nounleotardA tight one-piece garment worn by performers.
“The gymnast wore a sparkly blue leotard for the competition.”
leotard is a garment.
The garment is named after Jules Léotard, the nineteenth-century French acrobat who invented the flying trapeze. He never called it that himself — the name was applied after his death.
named after Jules Léotard.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA