Definition of "bellbottom" [bellbottom]

• (of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The ex-lawmaker was known in Congress for his distinctive toupee, wild hairstyle, bellbottom pants and one-minute floor speeches punctuated with the Star Trek catch phrase, "Beam me up.""
• "How else do you explain the fact that you are able to both continually crane your neck to look through pub windows and dance a sailor's hornpipe at the drop of a pair of bellbottom trousers?"
• "Or maybe it was on the Ed Sullivan Show, where a sunflower-Afro and bellbottom-jean-wearing Michael led The Jackson 5 through the paces of I Want You Back."