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torsel

torsel noun: a plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.

Noun

torsel (plural torsels)

  1. A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.
    • you lay any Timber on Brickwork, as Torsels for Mantle-Trees to lye on1703, Joseph Moxon, Mechanical Exercises
  2. A twisted scroll.

Forms of torsel

pluraltorsels

Questions about torsel

What does torsel mean?
Torsel means a plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.
What part of speech is torsel?
Torsel is a noun.
What is the plural of torsel?
The plural of torsel is torsels.

Words near torsel in the dictionary

  1. torsals
  2. torsatron
  3. torsatrons
  4. torse
  5. torsed
  6. torsel
  7. torsels
  8. torsemide
  9. torses
  10. torshi
  11. torsi

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