Hallo Jennifer!
Bearbeite gerade einen Text zum Thema: Scottish Highland Dress
und ich verstehe den Ausdruck "truis" nicht. Es scheint eine
schottische Tracht zu sein,
Anscheinend handelt es sich um einen Teil der Tracht, nämlich enge Hosen. Auf jeden Fall nach dieser Quelle hier: http://www.familynamesonline.net/tartan.htm
Dort heißt es: "The origins of the feileadh mor may lie with ancient Roman or Celtic tunics; and it is worth noting that both modern Highlanders and ancient Celts wore the feileadh mor with truis (tight trousers)."
Ähnlich auch hier: "Truis: The Highlanders also wore truis, which were a form of tartan trousers rather like tights or children's leggings covering both legs and feet. These were particularly worn on horseback, and sometimes with the belted plaid. Tartan trousers are still worn in some Scottish regiments, but strictly speaking these are not truis." (http://www.kinnaird.net/tartan.htm#truis)
Diese Seite hier: http://www.florilegium.org/files/CLOTHING/cl-Ireland..., auch wenn sie sich auf Irland bezieht, nennt "truis" synonym zu "broc" und "trews":
"Broc: (Or Truis or Trews) These are related to hose or trousers
worn on continental Europe, although they were not imported
in historical times. They reached to the ankle and some are
described as having a loop of cloth that ran around the
foot (as in modern stirrup pants) to hold them in place,
while others were flat bottomed like modern trousers.
They were made from material that could be brightly colored
or not, checked, striped, etc. The material was cut on a
bias so that the pattern would appear at an angle. They
were sewn to have a single seam up the back of the leg, and
snugly fitted. At some point later in period they were
occasionally made so that the last 6-8" of the bottom were
not seamed together, and buttons were udes to close that
gap. Note that the short, knee length breeches are likely a
very late period importation."
Und hier: http://www.tartanweb.com/tweb/trews.htm findet sich dann schlußendlich eine Abbildung, die eine Tracht mit "trews" zeigt.
Hope that helps!
Schönen Gruß,
Christiane