Trestle

//ˈtɹɛsəl//

"Trestle" in a Sentence (3 examples)

Basically, a trestle table is a plank set on two trestles.

The train used the long trestle to get to the other side.

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.

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