Plural of denim; sturdy cotton fabric (usually blue) often used to make jeans, or the jeans themselves.
From French 'de Nîmes' (from the city of Nîmes), because the fabric was originally produced there. The word entered English in the 1600s when trade brought the cloth from France.
Your jeans literally come from a place-name—denim is named after Nîmes, France, so when you wear denims, you're wearing the legacy of a medieval textile town!
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