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TRESTLE
trestle
(noun) sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
trestle
(noun) a supporting tower used to support a bridge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
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.
A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge.
A trestle bridge.
Anagrams
• Stelter, Stetler, letters, lettres, settler, sterlet, tetrels
Source: Wiktionary
Tres"tle, n. Etym: [OF. trestel, tresteay, F. tréteau; probably from L. transtillum a little crossbeam, dim. of transtrum a crossbeam. Cf. Transom.] [Written also tressel.]
1. A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like.
2. The frame of a table. Trestle board, a board used by architects, draughtsmen, and the like, for drawing designs upon; -- so called because commonly supported by trestles.
– Trestle bridge. See under Bridge, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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