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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cumbtress, n. [f. cumb Cowme n. and tress, trest, trestle.] A wooden support for an arch. — 1696 Logie Par. Hist. I. 321.
To Robert Marshell wright … for making the cumbtresses and the said gate

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