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