trestlework
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trestlework
Example Sentences
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The B. & O.’s timber bridge had been destroyed by Confederate forces in June 1861, and the crossing was thereafter made upon temporary 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.
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
Nearer and higher loomed the steel trestlework upon which rested the giant engine.
From The Man Who Rocked the Earth by Wood, Robert Williams
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.
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