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trous⋅seau

  [troo-soh, troo-soh]
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–noun, plural -seaux  [-sohz, -sohz] , -seaus.
an outfit of clothing, household linen, etc., for a bride.
Origin:
1175–1225; < F; MF troussel, equiv. to trousse parcel, bundle (of straw, etc.), n. deriv. oftro(u)sser to fasten (see truss ) + -el dim. suffix (see -elle )
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trous·seau   (trōō'sō, trōō-sō')   
n.   pl. trous·seaux (-sōz, -sōz') or trous·seaus
The possessions, such as clothing and linens, that a bride assembles for her marriage.

[French, from Old French, diminutive of trousse, bundle; see truss.]
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trousseau 
1817, from Fr. trousseau, originally "a bundle," dim. of O.Fr. trousse "bundle" (see truss). Italicized as foreign at first, nativized by 1833. The O.Fr. form was borrowed into M.E. c.1225, but it fell from use.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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