Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bundle.
- noun Same as
trestle .
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Examples
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There was an old train trussel that we would walk to and beyond it was a small pond that we would visit at times.
Honoring Your Inspirations: Musings of Chapter 2 of The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women Art Visions 2009
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I suggested that when strangers did sleep there they gave them the adjoining cabin; but was told that a trussel bed put alongside of the host's
A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba Cecil Hall
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The book search page at trussel. com [B. 5] has a list of many such Net bookshops, or you can simply visit any search engine and search for Used or Antiquarian Bookshops.
The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 Jim Tinsley
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The foot of the top-gallant-mast was working between the cross and trussel trees, and the royal-mast lay over at a fearful angle with the mast below, while everything was working, and cracking, strained to the utmost.
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The foot of the top-gallant-mast was working between the cross and trussel trees, and the royal-mast lay over at a fearful angle with the mast below, while everything was working, and cracking, strained to the utmost.
Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869
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The cliff is on one side of the turnpike + the railroad on the other side crosses a deep chasm on trussel work 130 feet high.
Augusta County: James R. McCutchan to Rachel Ann McCutchan, March 17, 1862 James R. McCutchan 1862
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The foot of the top-gallant-mast was working between the cross and trussel trees, and the royal-mast lay over at a fearful angle with the mast below, while everything was working, and cracking, strained to the utmost.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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The foot of the top-gallant-mast was working between the cross and trussel trees, and the mast lay over at a fearful angle with the topmast below, while everything was working and cracking, strained to the utmost.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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She did not appear to admit any water, but the trussel-trees, at the head of all the masts, were broken short, which we supposed to have happened while she was beating against the rock.
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The trussel was built this year around Christmas stick by stick Chad sure had a lot of patience.
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