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

torrocks
torroid
torrs
tors
torsade
torsade de pointes
torsades
torsades de pointes
torsades des pointes
torsal
torsalo
torsals
torsatron
torse
torsed
torsel (current term)
torsels
torses
torshi
torsi
torsibility
torsiometer
torsion
torsion angle
torsion balance
torsion disease of childhood
torsion dystonia
torsion fracture
torsion neurosis
torsion of a tooth

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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