trestle
a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
Civil Engineering.
one of a number of bents, having sloping sides of framework or piling, for supporting the deck or stringers of a bridge.
a bridge made of these.
Origin of trestle
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How to use trestle in a sentence
Recently, Surfrider invoked an economic argument against a proposed toll road near Trestles, off the Southern California coast.
Surfing Is Less Mystical and More High Tech Says a New Book | Josh Dzieza | August 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe were obliged to run over the high trestles and covered bridge at that point without a pause.
He had undertaken to cut and dress to size the heavy logs required for the lower posts of trestles and foundation piles.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold BindlossAll the shabbiest tinsel and trappings of secular music passed across the trestles of this religious masquerade.
Carts laden with trestles and boards for stands now began to be in force.
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice Davies
Too soon we reached the station, too soon the train ran out across the trestles, and too soon Venice faded in the offing.
Polly the Pagan | Isabel Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for trestle
/ (ˈtrɛsəl) /
a framework in the form of a horizontal member supported at each end by a pair of splayed legs, used to carry scaffold boards, a table top, etc
a braced structural tower-like framework of timber, metal, or reinforced concrete that is used to support a bridge or ropeway
a bridge constructed of such frameworks
Origin of trestle
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