Tres"sel (?), n. A trestle.
Tress"ful (?), a. Tressy. [R.] Sylvester.
Tres"sure (?), n. [F. tresser to twist, plait. See Tress, n.] (Her.) A
kind of border similar to the orle, but of only half the breadth of the
latter.
Tres"sured (?), a. (Her.) Provided or bound with a tressure; arranged
in the form of a tressure.
The tressured fleur-de-lis he claims To wreathe his shield.
Sir W. Scott.
Tress"y (?), a. Abounding in tresses. J. Baillie.
Tres"tle (?), n. [OF. trestel, tresteay, F. tréteau; probably from L.
transtillum a little crossbeam, dim. of transtrum a crossbeam. Cf.
Transom.] [Written also tressel.] 1. A movable frame or support for
anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a
top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters,
masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or
piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway,
or the like.