trousseau

[ troo-soh, troo-soh ]
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noun,plural trous·seaux [troo-sohz, troo-sohz], /ˈtru soʊz, truˈsoʊz/, trous·seaus.
  1. an outfit of clothing, household linen, etc., for a bride.

Origin of trousseau

1
1175–1225; <French; Middle French troussel, equivalent to trousse parcel, bundle (of straw, etc.), noun derivative oftro(u)sser to fasten (see truss) + -el diminutive suffix (see -elle)

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How to use trousseau in a sentence

  • Myself: She is making lace on a pillow, no doubt for her wedding trousseau.

    Castellinaria | Henry Festing Jones
  • In the four weeks previous to Julia's wedding day she had numerous callers to see her jewelry and her bridal trousseau.

    A California Girl | Edward Eldridge

British Dictionary definitions for trousseau

trousseau

/ (ˈtruːsəʊ) /


nounplural -seaux or -seaus (-səʊz)
  1. the clothes, linen, etc, collected by a bride for her marriage

Origin of trousseau

1
C19: from Old French, literally: a little bundle, from trusse a bundle; see truss

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