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trouse

trouse noun: brushwood.

Noun (1)

trouse (countable and uncountable, plural trouses)

  1. brushwood

Noun (2)

trouse (plural trouses)

  1. (Scotland) trousers (or similar garments)

Forms of trouse

pluraltrouses

Origin of trouse

Inherited from Middle English trouse.

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

Questions about trouse

What does trouse mean?
Trouse means brushwood.
What part of speech is trouse?
Trouse is a noun.
What is the plural of trouse?
The plural of trouse is trouses.

Words near trouse in the dictionary

  1. Troups
  2. trous-de-loup
  3. Trousdale
  4. Trousdale County
  5. Trousdales
  6. trouse
  7. trouser
  8. trouser cough
  9. trouser coughs
  10. trouser department
  11. trouser leg

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