[Fr., a draw-net, hence, a pedal-coupler, f. tirasser, augmentative or pejorative of tirer to draw (TIRE v.2).]
1. Organ-building. (See quot.)
1876. Stainer & Barrett, Dict. Mus. Terms, Tirasse (Fr.), the pedals of an organ which act on the keys or manuals.
2. A draw-net. Hence Tirassing vbl. sb., the netting of game with the draw-net.
1897. Pall Mall Mag., Dec., 514. The ‘tirasse’ or drag-net. Ibid., 515. In Louis XIV’s time ‘tirassing’ pheasants and partridges was sport which the king and his ladies often witnessed.
