† ˈstrosser Obs.
Also 6 straser.
[Of obscure origin: the relation to trouser is uncertain. Cf. strouse.]
= trouser.
| 1598 in Malone's Shaks. (1790) I. ii. 301 Item, iij payer of red strasers and iij fares gowne of buckrome. 1599 Shakes. Hen. V, iii. vii. 57 Belike she was old and gentle, and you rode like a Kerne of Ireland, your French Hose off, and in your strait Strossers. 1609 Dekker Gull's Horn-bk. i. 7 The Italians close strosser, nor the French standing coller. c 1613 Middleton No Wit like Woman's ii. i. 39 His son a-horse-back in cloth-of-gold breeches, while he himself goes to the devil a-foot in a pair of old strossers! 1637 I. Jones & Davenant Brit. Triumphans 15 His Squire apparell'd in a yellow Coat, with wide sleeves, and strossers cut in paines of yellow and watchet. |