tresses

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To construct "a stage, to be carried and taken away, and to stand upon tressels, good, substantial, and sufficient for the carrying and bearing of such a stage."

From Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration by Adams, Joseph Quincy

He had left his bed, and lay instead, in the handsomely upholstered coffin which stood on tressels beside it.

From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

The beam and tressels from which it hung were covered with thin plates of gold.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

In the old shanty it was laid out, on boards and tressels from end to end.

From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Walshe, Elizabeth Hely

They passed the cords through the rings, brought the tressels, filled the vases—Gaston did not flinch.

From The Regent's Daughter by Dumas père, Alexandre