Origin: 1275–1325; late Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to tress(er) to braid, plait (derivative of tressetress) + -ure-ure; replacing Middle English tressour < Middle French tresseor, tressoir
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.