Word Meanings - TROUSSEAU - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The collective lighter equipments or outfit of a bride, including clothes, jewelry, and the like; especially, that which is provided for her by her family.

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• COLLECTIVENESS
  A state of union; mass.
• JEWELRY
  1. The art or trade of a jeweler. Cotgrave. 2. Jewels, collectively; as, a bride's jewelry.
• FAMILY
  A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoölogy
• PROVIDENCE
  A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction. He that hath a numerous family, and many to provide for, needs a greater providence of God. Jer. Taylor. 4. Prudence in
• COLLECTIVELY
  In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.
• LIGHTERAGE
  1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
• CLOTHESLINE
  A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
• BRIDEGROOM
  A man newly married, or just about to be married. (more info) br, D. bruidegom, bruigom, OHG. pr, MHG. briutegome, G. bräutigam); AS. br bride + guma man, akin to Goth. guma, Icel. gumi, OHG. gomo, L. homo; the insertion of r being caused
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• PROVIDORE
  One who makes provision; a purveyor. De Foe.
• OUTFITTER
  One who furnishes outfits for a voyage, a journey, or a business.
• CLOTHESHORSE
  A frame to hang clothes on.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• INCLUDED
  Inclosed; confined. Included stamens , such as are shorter than the floral envelopes, or are concealed within them.
• OUTFIT
  A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; things required for equipment; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government
• PROVIDE
  1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare. "Provide us all things necessary." Shak. 2. To supply; to afford; to contribute. Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind,
• PROVIDENTLY
  In a provident manner.
• BRIDESMAN
  A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the "best man." Sir W. Scott.
• CLOTHESPIN
  A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.
• BRIDE
  OFries. breid, OSax. br, D. bruid, OHG. pr, br, G. braut, Icel. br, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br33s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a 1. A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer
• BEDCLOTHES
  Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
• LAMPLIGHTER
  The calico bass. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.
• FLIGHTER
  A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor. Knight.
• IMPROVIDENTLY
  In a improvident manner. "Improvidently rash." Drayton.
• IMPROVIDED
  Unforeseen; unexpected; not provided against; unprepared. All improvided for dread of death. E. Hall.
• SMALLCLOTHES
  A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.