Etymology

trouse

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Today it means: brushwood Full definition →

Middle English trouse
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trouse · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromtrouse
  2. Middle English · inherited fromtrouse
  3. English todaytrouse

Inherited from Middle English trouse.

trouse · noun2

  1. Irish · borrowed fromtriús
  2. English todaytrouse

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

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