Definition of Trevises

1. trevis [n] - See also: trevis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trevises

tretable
trething
trethings
tretinoin
tretinoins
tretoquinol
trets
trev
trevallies
trevally
trevallys
trevet
trevets
trevi
trevis
trevises (current term)
treviss
trevisses
trevorite
trevs
trew
trews
trewsman
trewsmen
trewth
trey
treybit
treybits
treyf
treyfe

Literary usage of Trevises

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"trevises, rack, and manger, in a temporary stable, are moveable. " The court thought that if the articles had been permanent fixtures, the case might have ..."

2. Accounts of the lord high treasurer of Scotland by Scotland Treasury (1902)
"Treis, 487 ; often used ¡us synonymous with the barrels in which ale or wine was put.^ trevises, 99 ; probably " traces." Treyne, 186 ; wooden. ..."

3. Travels on Horseback in Mantchu Tartary: Being a Summer's Ride Beyond the by George Fleming (1863)
"... for he too often makes it his practice to secure the unruly ir vicious brute in the old-fashioned trevises or stocks — H act counterparts of those ..."

4. Horse-shoes and Horse-shoeing: Their Origin, History, Uses, and Abuses by George Fleming (1869)
"... with skittish or unmanageable solipeds; for he too often makes it his practice to secure the unruly or vicious brute in the old-fashioned " trevises," ..."

5. British Farmer's Magazine (1853)
"Beginning with the west wing, the first house is the cowshed, which contains the animals in double trevises, and during summer is accommodated with the use ..."

6. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of the by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1841)
"I find the roof fallen in, floor and trevises in a state of ruin, and quite unfit to put cattle in of any kind whatever, and as there is no time for delay, ..."

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