trestle table

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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First recorded in 1890–95

Robert was concealed behind, and Bill was standing on a trestle-table outside the tent making a speech.
Five Children and It|E. Nesbit
A trestle-table, on which the fish are killed and cleaned, completes the equipment of the fish-wives.
Denmark|M. Pearson Thomson
It was lying under the trestle-table, just where he dropped it before going on leave.
Now It Can Be Told|Philip Gibbs
He tugged at his neckbands and his hand fell heavily against the trestle-table.
The Nest of the Sparrowhawk|Baroness Orczy

The owner of the apartment is busily writing at a desk supported on a trestle-table.
The Care of Books|John Willis Clark