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What does "trash" mean?

Trash: Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like. Note: 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. B. Edwards.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A worthless person. [R.] Shak.
  2. 3.A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game. Markham. Trash ice, crumbled ice mixed with water.
  3. 4.To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane. B. Edwards.
  4. 5.To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush. [Obs.]
  5. 6.To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
  6. 7.To follow with violence and trampling. [R.] The Puritan (1607).

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