tressel

English

Noun

tressel (plural tressels)

  1. Dated form of trestle.
    • Edgar Allan Poe
      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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