trousseau

3 9.9

A set of clothes and linens a bride prepares for marriage

noun
/truːˈsoʊ/

: dote

Do you realize you're being married in a month and you haven't got a stitch of trousseau?

Examples

I thought I might find some lace for Alice's trousseau.

Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
Marie's having trouble with her trousseau.

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Let me show you the entire trousseau! Adam

Fiction book (1999)
Now pick up your trousseau, Angel, and let's go.

North to Alaska (1960)
I'll buy your trousseau for you too.

Gone with the Wind (1939)
You must let me choose her trousseau.

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Then buy yourself a trousseau.

Captain from Castile (1947)
We are buying Victoria's trousseau.

Casanova (2005)
I can't wait to see your trousseau.

The Pirate (1948)
Amrita Raj, a 25-year-old bride, was shopping for her wedding trousseau on a recent Saturday in New Delhi.

Surface Forms

trousseau singular

trousseaux plural

Etymology

The word trousseau comes from the French word trousse, which means 'bundle' or 'package', so a bride's trousseau is the bundle of clothes and linens she brings to her marriage.