trestle table
noun
a table having transverse slabs or rigid frames for supports, and usually strengthened by a long stretcher.
a table composed of a movable top supported by trestles.
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Origin of trestle table
First recorded in 1890–95
Words nearby trestle table
tressed, tressure, tressy, tres-tine, trestle, trestle table, trestletree, trestlework, tret, Treta Yuga, Tretchikoff
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