trestle Definition
tres·tle (tres′əl)
noun
- a framework consisting of a horizontal beam fastened to two pairs of spreading legs, used to support planks to form a table, platform, etc.
- a framework of vertical or slanting uprights and crosspieces, supporting a bridge, etc.
- a bridge with such a framework
Etymology: ME trestel < OFr < VL *transtellum, dim. of L transtrum, a beam: see transom
trestle Synonyms
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.
Browse dictionary entries near trestle
- ‹ tressure
- ‹ tressed
- ‹ -tress
- ‹ tress
- ‹ trespasser
- ‹ trespass
- ‹ treponema
- ‹ trepidation
- ‹ trephine
- ‹ trepang

