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trestle Definition

tres·tle (tres′əl)

noun

  1. a framework consisting of a horizontal beam fastened to two pairs of spreading legs, used to support planks to form a table, platform, etc.
    1. a framework of vertical or slanting uprights and crosspieces, supporting a bridge, etc.
    2. a bridge with such a framework

Etymology: ME trestel < OFr < VL *transtellum, dim. of L transtrum, a beam: see transom

trestle Synonyms

trestle

n.

horse, stool, frame, support, approach.

trestle Usage Examples

Converse of object

support: They eventually joined together near the center of the bridge where a supporting steel trestle was positioned.

Adjective modifier

  • wooden: The beds consisted of straw mattresses raised from the floor on wooden trestles.
  • 70-foot: A 22-year-old Reston, VA man was found dead after he tried to use octopus straps to bungee jump off a 70-foot railroad trestle.
  • folding: Folding trestles are manufactured from lightweight aluminum and are fitted with safety locking catches.
  • open: The 1723 map shows it as an open trestle sunk post mill.

Modifies a noun

  • table: Trestle tables would be stacked in the corners for school dinners, which would arrive from central kitchens in Kings Lynn.
  • bridge: The current steel bridge replaced the trestle bridge in 1911.
  • leg: The desks top have a honeycomb structure and are covered in wood leather or glass and veneered trestle style legs.
  • scaffold: Translation units forming robust, unambiguous collocations ( e.g. impart knowledge; trestle scaffold ) will be listed without additional information.
  • mill: Chillenden - Was the only open trestle post mill remaining in Kent, built in 1868.
  • stand: It comes with a hard carry case, trestle stand and various leads, all for the price ( negotiable ) of £ 350.

Noun used with modifier

  • timber: From engineer records it was constructed out of solid timber trestles with a canal barge in the center.
  • railroad: A 22-year-old Reston, VA man was found dead after he tried to use octopus straps to bungee jump off a 70-foot railroad trestle.
  • steel: They eventually joined together near the center of the bridge where a supporting steel trestle was positioned.
  • iron: The viaduct itself is a unique example of a warren truss supported on wrought iron trestles.
  • tool: On retrieval, the pressure corer was returned to its position on the tool trestles for disassembly.