treuil

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *troclu, from metathesis of *torclum, syncopated form of Latin torculum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁœj/

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Noun

treuil m (plural treuils)

1. winch, hoist, windlass

Derived terms

• treuillage
• treuiller

Further reading

• “treuil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• rituel