Schragen — meaning in English

English meaning

• trestle noun A flat bar held up at each end by two spread-out legs, like a sawhorse.

Senses

Schragen is used for these senses in English:

• bevel (transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.
• trestle A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge.

trestle — full definition

1. noun A flat bar held up at each end by two spread-out legs, like a sawhorse.
2. noun A stand with legs, either folding or fixed, used to hold up a table top or planks.
3. noun A framework of spread-out legs used to hold up a bridge.
4. noun A bridge built on this kind of framework.

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