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trusse1 (1121-35)

trusse1 (1121-35)

troche,  tros,  trose,  trosse;  trous,  trouse;  truce,  trusce,  truse  (tru  ii 67 ),
(pl. trucis 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.

s.

1bag, pouch, receptacle made of flexible material
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Es tros vunt l’or mucher E les yves charger  1083
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  involucrum vero proprie est 'trusse'  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  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 )  242.64
( MS: s.xiiiex )  mantica: (C) trusse (var. (D: s.xiiiex) truse )  ii 165
horsesequit.pack-saddle
( MS: s.xiii2 )  clitella: trusse  ii 22.1875
weapons quiver, holder for arrows
( 1362 )  dusze arcs, dusze trusses de saettes, et leur autre hernoys  iii 684
2unitbundle, bunch, parcel of bundled baggage, goods (etc.)
( MS: s.xiii1 )  trussulam: truse  ii 98.64
( 1429 )  .j. barel de eskerdes contient .vj. dozane troche  89
agriculturalunit truss, bale of hay (etc.)
( 1291-92 )  .iij. troses de feyn  33
( 1294 )  de une trosse de feyn e de une trosse de herbage  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  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 [...]  iii 97
( 1495 )  a parell feble, .j. trusses feble, .j. drynges  ii 32
5horsesequit. saddle-girth
( MS: c.1250 )  hec zonica, hoc trossolare: trosse  i 417
( MS: c.1250 )  hec zoni[c]a: trusse  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 )  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 )  242.64
( MS: s.xiii )  antellas: trusses devant  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  3939 (var)
2in number, droves
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv2 )  Par mer vindrent de tutes parz [...], En bouces, en barges par tros  2034

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See also:

trussel  trusseparail  trussepoleige  trusser  trusserope  trusseure  trussing  trussoire  trussun  trussyngbed 
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