trestlework
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trestlework
Example Sentences
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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.
The boards which form the sides are 1� in. thick, and some of the trestlework is 130 ft. high.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
In 1868 the remaining trestlework was replaced with Bollman trusses.
From The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman by Vogel, Robert M.
As the locomotive reached the end of the trestlework the grade rose a little, and I could see through, or in, a deep cut which the road ran into, an obstruction.
From Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South by Stevenson, William G.
Upon the trestlework were perched three boys and a man, fishing.
From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Thwaites, Reuben Gold
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