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Definition of Torsel
1. n. A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.
Definition of Torsel
1. Noun. (context: carpentry) A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Torsel
1. a plate supporting a beam in a brick wall [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Torsel
Literary usage of Torsel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions Toward a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture by Leo Wiener (1917)
"Among other things, they determined the number of pieces of various kinds of
cloth that were to constitute a torsel.2 While it took 12 pieces of cloth of ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... H. In arch., same as torsel. tasseled, tasselled (tas'ld), pa 1. Furnished or
decorated with a tassel or tassels, or with something resembling a tassel. ..."
3. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1810)
"... tor'riil. a. parched, burning torsel, tôr'sil. s. any tiling in a twisted form
Torture, ..."
4. Italian Weights and Measures from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century by Ronald Edward Zupko (1981)
"... 4-9 torsello [It torsello, a small baie, fr MF torsel (toursel) . dim of torse
t see TORSA]. Any long, fiat baie used for transporting^ goods ..."
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