trousseau

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French trousseau, diminutive of trousse ‘bundle’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɹuːsəʊ/

  Rhymes: -uːsəʊ

[edit] Noun

trousseau (plural trousseaus or trousseaux)

1. (obsolete) A bundle.
2. The clothes and linen etc. that a bride collects for her wedding and married life.
   • 1918: Consequently, having decided to divide her daughter's trousseau into two parts, a lesser and a larger, the Princess eventually consented to have the wedding before Advent. — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, p. 435)

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• bottom drawer
• dowry
• glory box, glory-box
• hope chest