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.

Noun

trouse (plural trouses)

1. (Scotland) trousers (or similar garments)

Anagrams

• Souter, Toures, ouster, outers, rouets, routes, souter, touser

Galician

Verb

trouse

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trous

Etymology

From Old English trūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /truːs/

Noun

trouse (plural trouses)

1. brushwood

Descendants

• English: trouse
• Fingallian: trouses (plural)

References

• “trǒus(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.