torsel

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noun

A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.

Scrabble 6

Meanings

nountorsel (plural torsels)

plural torsels

  1. businessA 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 on

    1703, Joseph Moxon, Mechanical Exercises

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APA

torsel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torsel

MLA

“torsel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torsel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “torsel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torsel.

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