trousseau
IPA: trusˈoʊ
noun
- The clothes and linen, etc., that a bride collects or that is given to her for her wedding and married life, especially a traditional or formal set of these.
- (obsolete) A bundle.
- A variety of red wine grape of the species Vitis vinifera originating in eastern France which is often used in port wine; Bastardo.
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Examples of "trousseau" in Sentences
- Trousseau sign of latent tetany.
- Specialty about trousseau packing.
- Trousseau, and he gave me his telephone number.
- Trousseau was considered an outstanding teacher.
- It is a white mutation of the red Trousseau grape.
- It is distinct from the Trousseau sign of malignancy.
- During his later years Trousseau developed gastric cancer.
- These saris are an inevitable part of any Indian bride's trousseau.
- In the literature it is often confused with the grape variety Trousseau.
- Her trousseau was a mere cartload, given the expense of freight from Rome.
- His remains and the mortuary trousseau rest between the walls of the museum.
- The trousseau is another feminine custom that has practically fallen into disuse.
- Why the acquisition of a trousseau should be a purely feminine prerogative I have never been able to understand.
- She was folding carefully the white undergarment she had finished making for her college "trousseau" -- as her father called it.
- -- Then, when the day of days arrives for a girl and the trousseau is to be selected, only the best and most becoming garments are to be considered for this great event.
- If the check her father furnishes her for her trousseau is a generous one it is a wise provision to put a part of it aside for later use, and in so doing she has the equivalent of a wardrobe that will last her for a year or more.
- The _trousseau_ will probably be sent down from London in a week, unless she shall go to town to choose it, which is the more likely event, as among French ladies the trousseau is generally a more important matter than the gentleman; and then, I presume, you will be relieved from all _anxiety_ upon the subject. "
- Judith had a happy day buying her spring "trousseau" -- Nancy had cautioned her to lay in a goodly supply of white skirts and middies for the "sports" term -- and then came the looked-for morning when she waited for the Montreal express that was to bring her this best friend -- whom she hadn't met a short seven months before and whom now she was sure she couldn't live without!