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trestle


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trestle  \Tres"tle\,  n.  [OF.  trestel,  tresteay  F.  tr['e]teau; 
  probably  from  L.  transtillum  a  little  crossbeam,  dim.  of 
  transtrum  a  crossbeam.  Cf  {Transom}.]  [Written  also 
  {tressel}.] 
  1.  A  movable  frame  or  support  for  anything  as  scaffolding, 
  consisting  of  three  or  four  legs  secured  to  a  top  piece, 
  and  forming  a  sort  of  stool  or  horse,  used  by  carpenters, 
  masons,  and  other  workmen;  also  a  kind  of  framework  of 
  strong  posts  or  piles,  and  crossbeams,  for  supporting  a 
  bridge,  the  track  of  a  railway,  or  the  like 
 
  2.  The  frame  of  a  table. 
 
  {Trestle  board},  a  board  used  by  architects,  draughtsmen,  and 
  the  like  for  drawing  designs  upon  --  so  called  because 
  commonly  supported  by  trestles. 
 
  {Trestle  bridge}.  See  under  {Bridge},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trestle 
  n  1:  a  tower-like  framework  used  to  support  a  bridge 
  2:  sawhorses  used  in  pairs  to  support  a  horizontal  tabletop 




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