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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.
1621in Archæol. Cant. (1902) XXV. 18 She abused Sibil Martin in taking of her trush from her that she sat upon. 1695Kennett Paroch. Antiq. Gloss., Basse,..the round matted cushion of flags used for kneeling [upon] in churches.., in Kent a trush. 1699Churchw. Acc. Holy Cross, Canterb., Paid for a Thruch for y⊇ Minister, 00. 01. 06. 1709Ibid., Pd. for twelve Thurses, 00. 09. 00. 1734Ibid., Paide Tho. Strouts Bill for truches, 0. 12. 0. 1719–21Overseers' Acc. Holy Cross, Canterb., Pd Goody Arnell for 4 Trusses for har to Chilldren..00.03.09. 1887Kent 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. |