Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trestletree

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trestle-tree
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top.

Example Sentences

"For, besides one of the bibs being defective, the larboard trestletree, and one of the cross-trees were sprung"

Etymology

From trestle + tree.

Inflected Forms

trestletrees (plural)

Questions

What does trestletree mean?: One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top.
Where does trestletree come from?: From trestle + tree.

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