† strossersn.

Forms:

α. (In plural form) 1500s strasers, 1500s strocers, 1600s strossers.

β. (In singular form) 1600s strosser.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: trousers n.

Etymology: Probably a variant or alteration of trousers n. (although this is first attested later); compare the form trossers at trousers n. α. forms and the discussion at that entry. The motivation for the initial s- is unclear, but compare strouses n. for a similar development.In some 18th- and 19th-cent. editions strait strossers in quot. a1616 is modernized to read straight trossers.

Obsolete.

With plural agreement. Breeches; trews (trews n. 1).Also occasionally in singular ( strosser) in the same sense.In quot. a1616, in your strait strossers is usually interpreted by modern editors as a bawdy play on the idea of wearing the skintight breeches or trews associated with Irish soldiers (cf. kern n.¹ 1a), with the implied meaning ‘with bare legs, naked (from the waist down)’. For an analogous association of tight-fitting garments and nakedness from the period, see buff n.² 2 and 3 for the development of the phrase in the buff.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches

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1598 Bk. Inventary Lord Admeralles Men in E. Malone Plays & Poems Shakspeare (1790) I. ii. 301 Item, iij payer of red strasers and iij fares gowne of buckrome.

1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. B4 The Italians close strosser, nor the French standing coller.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. vii. 53 Belike she was old and gentle, and you rode like a Kerne of Ireland, your French Hose off, and in your strait Strossers .

1637 I. Jones & W. Davenant Britannia Triumphans 15 His Squire apparell'd in a yellow Coat, with wide sleeves, and strossers cut in paines of yellow and watchet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	strossers
释义	† strossersn. Forms: α. (In plural form) 1500s strasers, 1500s strocers, 1600s strossers. β. (In singular form) 1600s strosser. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: trousers n. Etymology: Probably a variant or alteration of trousers n. (although this is first attested later); compare the form trossers at trousers n. α. forms and the discussion at that entry. The motivation for the initial s- is unclear, but compare strouses n. for a similar development.In some 18th- and 19th-cent. editions strait strossers in quot. a1616 is modernized to read straight trossers. Obsolete. With plural agreement. Breeches; trews (trews n. 1).Also occasionally in singular ( strosser) in the same sense.In quot. a1616, in your strait strossers is usually interpreted by modern editors as a bawdy play on the idea of wearing the skintight breeches or trews associated with Irish soldiers (cf. kern n.¹ 1a), with the implied meaning ‘with bare legs, naked (from the waist down)’. For an analogous association of tight-fitting garments and nakedness from the period, see buff n.² 2 and 3 for the development of the phrase in the buff. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches breecha1100 breeka1300 femoralc1450 hosec1460 breecha1500 overstocks1543 strossers1598 strouses1600 breeching1604 brogues1615 trousies1652 small clothes1770 knee-breeches1829 smalls1836 breekums1839 culotte1842 sine qua nons1850 terminations1863 trouserettes1875 strides1889 knee-breech1904 1598 Bk. Inventary Lord Admeralles Men in E. Malone Plays & Poems Shakspeare (1790) I. ii. 301 Item, iij payer of red strasers and iij fares gowne of buckrome. 1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. B4 The Italians close strosser, nor the French standing coller. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. vii. 53 Belike she was old and gentle, and you rode like a Kerne of Ireland, your French Hose off, and in your strait Strossers . View more context for this quotation 1637 I. Jones & W. Davenant Britannia Triumphans 15 His Squire apparell'd in a yellow Coat, with wide sleeves, and strossers cut in paines of yellow and watchet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1598
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