‖ tresseau
(trɛso)
[Fr.:—OF. tressel, deriv. of tresse tress.]
Applied to a vine, of which the grapes grow in a much elongated cluster. Also attrib.
| 1763 Mills Pract. Husb. IV. 381 If some plants of the tresseau, whose fruit never ripens easily, are mixed with the pineaus, it is..because our forefathers..judged it necessary to add these tresseaus. Ibid. 382 A reasonable proportion of the tresseau grape should always be planted with the others in sandy soils. |