TRESTLES

Noun

trestles

plural of trestle

Anagrams

• Stelters, Stetlers, settlers, sterlets, strelets

Source: Wiktionary


TRESTLE

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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