trestlework

American  

[tres-uhl-wurk] / ˈtrɛs əlˌwɜrk /

noun

1. a structural system composed of trestles.

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trestlework British  

/ ˈtrɛsəlˌwɜːk /

noun

1. an arrangement of trestles, esp one that supports or makes a bridge

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Etymology

Origin of trestlework

First recorded in 1840–50; trestle + work

Example Sentences

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trestlework

First use of iron structural members in trestlework.

From The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman by Vogel, Robert M.

In 1868 the remaining trestlework was replaced with Bollman trusses.

From The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman by Vogel, Robert M.

In the erection of a high trestlework viaduct for the Havana Railroad, Bollman apparently became concerned with the tensile weakness of cast iron when applied in long, unsupported columns.

From The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman by Vogel, Robert M.

Pleasant Valley at six o’clock A. M. The Second and Third corps crossed the Potomac to Harper’s Ferry on pontoons, and the Shenandoah river on the trestlework bridge.

From Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery by Reichardt, Theodore

Colonel Lyon, the general directs that you take the road branching off just below here and leading to the trestlework of the railroad.

From An Undivided Union by Optic, Oliver