Trash

n. [Cf. Prov. Ger. trüsch, trüst, grounds, husk of grapes, trasch, that which is thrashed. See THRASH.] 1. That which is worthless; stuff which is bad, or good for nothing. Who steals my purse steals trash. Shak. A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin. Landor. 2. Especially, loppings of trees, bruised canes, and the like. ☞— In the West Indies, the decayed leaves and stems of canes are called field-trash; the bruised or macerated rind of canes is called cane-trash; and both are called trash. Edwards.

3. A worthless person. [Rare.] Shak.
4. A collar or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game. Markham.

[imp. & p. p. TRASHED (trăsht); p. pr. & vb. n. TRASHING.] [Allied to thrash, q. v.]

1. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop; as, to trash trees; to trash the ratoons of sugar-cane. Edwards.
2. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush. [Obs.]
3. To hold back by a trash or halter, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, restrain, or vex by that which impedes motion or speed, but can not be thrown off. [Rare.] B. & Fl.

Without the most furious haste on the part of the Kalmucks, there was not a chance for them, burdened and trashed as they were, to anticipate so agile and light cavalry as the Cossacks in seizing this important pass. De Quincey.