Usage Note
Troué is the past participle of trouer (to pierce/make a hole in), used as an adjective. Des chaussettes trouées are holey socks — a classic image of poverty or neglect. The feminine form is trouée; as a noun une trouée means a gap or break in a line or forest.
Examples
"Il portait des chaussettes trouées aux talons."
Natural Translation
He was wearing socks with holes in the heels.
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