† strusen.
Obsolete.
(See quots.)
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels from specific country or region > [noun] > types of regional vessel > in Russia
struse1701
1589 C. Borough in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations ii. 441 Then the three stroogs or barks prouided to transport the said goods to Astracan..came ouer from Yeraslaue.]
1701 London Gaz. No. 3727/3 Several large Boats of the Muscovite Built, called Strusses.
a1757 P. H. Bruce Memoirs (1782) vii. 237 We met several strusses, or flat-bottomed vessels, carrying from eight to nine hundred tons, which go loaded from Astrachan to Moscow.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Struse, a long burdensome craft, used for transport on the inland waters of Russia.
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