Defn: The act of betrothing, or plighting faith; betrothing. [Obs.]
Shak.
TROTHPLIGHTED
Troth"plight`ed, a.
Defn: Having fidelity pledged.
TROTTER
Trot"ter, n.
1. One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven in trotting matches.
2. The foot of an animal, especially that of a sheep; also, humorously, the human foot.
TROTTOIR
Trot"toir, n. Etym: [F., from trotter to trot. See Trot.]
Defn: Footpath; pavement; sidewalk.
Headless bodies trailed along the trottoirs. Froude.
TROUBADOUR
Trou"ba*dour`, n. Etym: [F. troubadour, fr. Pr. trobador, (assumed)
LL. tropator a singer, tropare to sing, fr. tropus a kind of singing,
a melody, song, L. tropus a trope, a song, Gr. Trope, and cf. Trouv.]
Defn: One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh to the thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the south of France, and also in the north of Italy. They invented, and especially cultivated, a kind of lyrical poetry characterized by intricacy of meter and rhyme, and usually of a romantic, amatory strain.