trousseau
noun/ˈtruːsəʊ/
/ˈtruːsəʊ/
(plural trousseaus, trousseaux
(old-fashioned)/ˈtruːsəʊz/
/ˈtruːsəʊz/
)- (in the past) the clothes and other possessions collected by a woman who was soon going to get married, to begin her married life withWord Originmid 19th cent.: from French, diminutive of trousse ‘bundle’ (a sense also found in Middle English).
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