trush local.
(trʌʃ)
Also 7 thruch, 8 truch, thurse, truss, trouss.
[A local form of turse, truss n.]
A round cushion made of matted flags, for kneeling on in church.
| 1621 in Archæol. Cant. (1902) XXV. 18 She abused Sibil Martin in taking of her trush from her that she sat upon. 1695 Kennett Paroch. Antiq. Gloss., Basse,..the round matted cushion of flags used for kneeling [upon] in churches.., in Kent a trush. 1699 Churchw. Acc. Holy Cross, Canterb., Paid for a Thruch for y⊇ Minister, 00. 01. 06. 1709 Ibid., Pd. for twelve Thurses, 00. 09. 00. 1734 Ibid., Paide Tho. Strouts Bill for truches, 0. 12. 0. 1719–21 Overseers' Acc. Holy Cross, Canterb., Pd Goody Arnell for 4 Trusses for har to Chilldren..00.03.09. 1887 Kent Gloss. s.v., In the old Churchwardens' Accounts for the parish of Eastry the entry frequently occurs ‘To mending the trushes’; and the word is still occasionally used. |