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trusse1 (1121-35)

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The form truce is a cross reference to the following entry:

trusse1 (1121-35)

troche,  tros,  trose,  trosse;  trous,  trouse;  truce,  trusce,  truse  (tru  TLL ii 67 ),
(pl. trucis TLL ii 67)  
  FEW:  torquere 13/ii,92b Gdf:  tourse 2 7,776a GdfC:  trousse 10,815b TL: tros 10,445 DEAF:  torser (tors)  DMF:  trousse  TLF:  trousse  OED:  truss n.  MED:  trusse n.  DMLBS:  trussa 3516a

S Edm Life ants 2034 may also be read as trowe (with the sense 'large boat'), see trowe1.

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1bag, pouch, receptacle made of flexible material
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Es tros vunt l’or mucher E les yves charger  Best ants 1083
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  involucrum vero proprie est 'trusse'  Gloss Sidon 138.28
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Nobles genz nen aportent point de fardeus ne ne vont point trossez ou trosses ne ou bourses  Ancren2 247.5
handbag, travelling bag or wallet
( MS: s.xiii1 )  in mantica: (R) en la trusse (var. (J: s.xiii1) en truse;  (D: s.xiii1) in la truse )  Gloss Nequam1 242.64
( MS: s.xiiiex )  mantica: (C) trusse (var. (D: s.xiiiex) truse )  TLL ii 165
horsesequit.pack-saddle
( MS: s.xiii2 )  clitella: trusse  TLL ii 22.1875
weapons quiver, holder for arrows
( 1362 )  dusze arcs, dusze trusses de saettes, et leur autre hernoys  Foedera1 iii 684
2unitbundle, bunch, parcel of bundled baggage, goods (etc.)
( MS: s.xiii1 )  trussulam: truse  TLL ii 98.64
( 1429 )  .j. barel de eskerdes contient .vj. dozane troche  Port Bk studer 89
agriculturalunit truss, bale of hay (etc.)
( 1291-92 )  .iij. troses de feyn  Sel Bills Eyre 33
( 1294 )  de une trosse de feyn e de une trosse de herbage  YBB 21-22 Ed I 577
3 bundling, action of attaching, securing a load
( MS: s.xiii2/3 )  La summa (=seam, load) un dener, trouse maille, le fés ferlin  Custumal Exeter 24.4
4ship. truss, tackle that secures the yard to the mast
( 1409-1411 )  .iiij. ankres ové lez .iiij. cables febles, .ij. grantz haucers novelx, .ij. cables en partie usez, .ij. haucers d’un sort et .ij. autres haucers d’autre sort novelx, .ij. slenges, un trusse, .ij. petitz handropes, .ij. strops [...]  Sandahl Sea iii 97
( 1495 )  a parell feble, .j. trusses feble, .j. drynges  Sandahl Sea ii 32
5horsesequit. saddle-girth
( MS: c.1250 )  hec zonica, hoc trossolare: trosse  TLL i 417
( MS: c.1250 )  hec zoni[c]a: trusse  TLL i 425.404
trusse derere
horsesequit. hind-bow, cantle, back of a saddle (to which loads can be secured)
( MS: s.xiii1 )  postellas: trusse derere (R) (var. (J: s.xiii1) cureis devant; (D: s.xiii1) truseus devant )  Gloss Nequam1 242.64
trusse devant
horsesequit. saddle-bow, pommel, front of a saddle (to which loads can be secured)
( MS: s.xiii1 )  antellas: trusse devant (R) (var. (J: s.xiii1) cureis devant; (D: s.xiii1) truseus devant )  Gloss Nequam1 242.64
( MS: s.xiii )  antellas: trusses devant  TLL ii 91.64
a, par trusse
1in great masses, in abundance
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  La vermine i esteit a torkes et a tors (var. (w: s.xivin) a tros ), Qui ne laissout aveir a sa char nul repos  Becket1 3939 (var)
2in number, droves
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv2 )  Par mer vindrent de tutes parz [...], En bouces, en barges par tros  S Edm Life ANTS 2034

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See also:

trussel  trusseparail  trussepoleige  trusser  trusserope  trusseure  trussing  trussoire  trussun  trussyngbed 
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