trunk hose vs knee breeches

trunk hose and knee breeches both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trunk hose	Yes	No	No	No
knee breeches	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, knee breeches is a hypernym of trunk hose; that is, knee breeches is a word with a broader meaning than trunk hose:

trunk hose: puffed breeches of the 16th and 17th centuries usually worn over hose
knee breeches: (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee

Other hypernyms of trunk hose include breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers.

trunk hose (noun)	knee breeches (noun)
puffed breeches of the 16th and 17th centuries usually worn over hose	(used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee