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trestle

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Noun — A flat bar held up at each end by two spread-out legs, like a sawhorse.

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Etymology

This word comes from Middle English trestel, from Old French trestel (“crossbeam”) (compare modern French tréteau), from Latin trānstellum, a diminutive of trānstrum.

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