tressel-bedstead

Updated: May 28, 2025

It was his duty to repose on the tressel-bedstead, booted and belted, ready at a moment's notice to respond to "calls." Another fireman lay sleeping at his side, on another tressel-bed, similarly clothed, for there were always two men on duty all night at that station.

R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne - Life in the Red Brigade: London Fire Brigade