Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess. · To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree. · To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released. · To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.
In good order; properly managed or maintained. · With sails well trimmed.
Physically fit. · Slender, lean. · Neat or smart in appearance.
Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders. · A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style. · Dress; gear; ornaments. · The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
From Middle English trimen, trymen, trümen, from Old English trymman (“to make firm; strengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *trummjan, from Proto-Germanic *trumjaną (“to make fast; strengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *trumaz (“firm; strong; sound”).
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