Trestle
/ˈtɹɛsəl/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses.
- 2 sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop wordnet
- 3 A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a tabletop or planks.
"He turned the knob, but the door was locked. Retracing his steps past a vacant lot, the young man entered a shop where a colored man was employed in varnishing a coffin, which stood on two trestles in the middle of the floor."
- 4 a supporting tower used to support a bridge wordnet
- 5 A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge.
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- 6 A trestle bridge.
Example
More examples"Basically, a trestle table is a plank set on two trestles."
Etymology
From Middle English trestel, from Old French trestel (“crossbeam”) (French tréteau), from Latin trānstellum, diminutive of trānstrum.