A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1554-1555
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Tresting, vbl. n. [Trest n.] ? The action of supporting (a building) by means of beams or props, or the action of applying scaffolding to a building to effect repairs. —1554–5 Edinb. B. Rec. II 306.
The expensis maid on the tresting, propping, and beitting of the tolbuith
