trouse

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Middle English trouse.

Noun

trouse (countable and uncountable, plural trouses)

  1. brushwood

Etymology 2

Apparently partly a variant of trews, and perhaps partly from Irish triús.[1]

Noun

trouse (plural trouses)

  1. (Scotland) trousers (or similar garments)

References

  1. ^ “trouse, n.2”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

trouse

  1. inflection of trousar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English trūs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /truːs/

Noun

trouse (plural trouses)

  1. brushwood

Descendants

  • English: trouse
  • Fingallian: trouses (plural)

References

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