tressel

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛsəl/

Noun

tressel (plural tressels)

  1. Dated spelling of trestle.
    • 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
      Having deposited our mournful burden upon tressels within this region of horror, we partially turned aside the yet unscrewed lid of the coffin, and looked upon the face of the tenant.

References
  • tressel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams
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