a. Obs. rare–1. [a. OF. tresmontaine polestar (13th c. in Godef.), with tres- = tras-, trans-: see TRA-, TRANSMONTANE.] = TRANSMONTANE 2; cf. TRAMONTANE B. 1.
c. 1430. Pilgr. Lyf Manhode, IV. xxiii. (1869), 189. Summe j drawe to þe pitee of þe ryal magestee of god,… summe ooþere to þe sterre tresmountayne.
