trossers

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɒsə(ɹ)z/

Noun

trossers pl (plural only)

1. Obsolete form of trousers.
   • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]:

     your French hose off , and in your strait trossers

References

• “trossers”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• stressor