in Law, signifies any transgression of the law, under treason, felony, or misprision of either: but it is commonly used for any wrong or damage that is done by one private person to another, or to the king in his forest.

TRESSLE trees, in Ship-Building, two strong bars of timber fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the lower mast head, to support the frame of the top and the weight of the topmast.