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TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 328 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TOO-TUM
TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed) , properly the main
stem
  of a tree from which the branches
spring
 , especially the
stem
  when stripped of the branches; hence, in a transferred sense, the main
part
  of a human or animal
body
  without the head, arms or legs. It is from this last sense that the
term
  " trunk-
hose
  " is derived. These were
part
  of the typical male costume of the 16th century, consisting of a pair of large puffed and slashed over-
hose
 , reaching from the waist to the middle of the thigh, the legs clad in the
long
  hose being thrust through them; the upper part of the
body
  was covered by the
jerkin
  or jacket reaching to the thigh (see COSTUME). The word " trunk " as applied to the elongated proboscis of the elephant is due to a mistaken confusion of French trompe, trump, with " trunk " meaning the hollow stem of a tree. A somewhat obscure meaning of French tronc, i.e. an
alms
 -box, has given rise to the general use of " trunk " for a form of travellers' luggage.


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