shorts

noun[plural only]5

1. •
   pants that reach no further down the legs than the knees, made for hot days and for games

   • Jessica hated covering her legs, so she usually wore shorts.
2. •
   (old-fashioned) Underpants.

   • After a scare like that, you might need to change your shorts.
3. •
   Remnants, clippings, trimmings of production processes.
4. •
   The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran; pollard.

   • […]the first remove above bran is shorts ; the next above that is sharps — 1847
5. •
   Short, inferior hemp.