trestle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English trestel, from Old French trestel (“crossbeam”) (French tréteau), from Latin trānstellum, diminutive of trānstrum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
trestle (plural trestles)
- A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses.
- A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a tabletop or planks.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:
- 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.
- A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge.
- A trestle bridge.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
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a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks
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a framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge
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Further reading[edit]
- trestle bridge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
trestle
- Alternative form of trestel
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