Obs. Also 7 strusse. [? repr. Russian стружокъ struzhok, dim. of стругъ strug a kind of large boat (see quot. c. 1581).] (See quots.)
[c. 1581. C. Burrough, in Hakluyt, Voy. (1589), 441. Then the three stroogs or barks prouided to transport the said goods to Astracan … came ouer from Yeraslaue.]
1701. Lond. Gaz., No. 3727/3. Several large Boats of the Muscovite Built, called Strusses.
1782. P. H. Bruce, Mem., 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. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Struse, a long burdensome craft, used for transport on the inland waters of Russia.
